Christopher Columbus | |
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Posthumous portrait o Christopher Columbus bi Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519. Thare are na kent authentic portraits o Columbus.[1] | |
1st Govrenor o the Indies | |
In office 1492–1499 | |
Appyntit bi | Isabella I o Castile |
Succeedit bi | Francisco de Bobadilla |
Personal details | |
Born | Afore 31 October 1451 Genoa, Republic o Genoa |
Dee'd | 20 Mey 1506 (aged c. 54) Valladolid, Croun o Castile |
Spoose(s) | Filipa Moniz Perestrelo |
Domestic partner | Beatriz Enríquez de Arana |
Bairns | Diego Fernando |
Relatives | Brithers: Giovanni Pellegrino Giacomo (cried Diego an aw)[2] Bartholomew Sister: Bianchinetta Columbus |
Thrift | Maritime explorer |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Signatur | |
Militar service | |
Rank | Admiral o the Ocean Sea |
Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo;[a] c. 1451 – 20 Mey 1506) wis an Italian explorer, navigator, coloniser, an ceetizen o the Republic o Genoa.[3] Unner the auspices o the Catholic Monarchs o Spain, he haed duin fower voyages throu the Atlantic Ocean. Thae voyages an his efforts tae estaiblish permanent settlements on the island o Hispaniola ineetiatit the European colonisation o the New Warld.
Wastren imperialism an economic competeetion war emergin amang European kinricks throu the estaiblishment o trade routes an colonies. Columbus proponed tae reach the East Indies bi sailin wastwird, an this eventually received the support o the Spainish Croun, as thay saw a chance tae enter the spice trade wi Asie throu a new wastwaird route. During his first voyage in 1492, he reached the New Warld insteid o arrivin at Japan as he haed intendit, laundin on an island in the Bahamas airchipelago that he named "San Salvador". Ower the coorse o three mair voyages, he veesitit the Greater an Lesser Antilles, as weel as the Caribbean coast o Venezuela an Central Americae, claimin aw o it for the Croun o Castile.
Columbus wisna the first European explorer tae rax the Americas, haein been precedit bi the Viking expedeetion led bi Leif Erikson in the 11t yearhunner,[4][5] but his voyages led tae the first lastin European contact wi the Americas, inauguratin a period o European exploration, conquest, an colonisation that lastit several yearhunners. As a result, the voyages haed an enormous impact in the historical development o the modren Wastren warld. He spearheidit the transatlantic slave trade an haes been accuised bi twa-three historian o stairtin the genocide o the Hispaniola natives. Columbus hissel saw his accomplishments primarily in the licht o spreadin the Christian releegion.[6]
Columbus niver admittit that he haed raxed a continent thit afore wis unkent tae Europeans, raither nor the East Indies whaur he haed set coorse tae. He cried the indwallers o the launds that he veesitit indios (Spainish for "Indies").[7][8][9] His strained relationship wi the Spainish croun an its appyntit colonial admeenistrators in Americae led tae his reest an dismissal as govrenor o the settlements on the island o Hispaniola in 1500, an later tae protractit litigation ower the benefits that he an his heirs claimed war awed tae them bi the croun.
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(help) — The names Giacomo an Diego are cognates, alang wi James, aw sharin a common origin. See Behind the Name, Mike Campbell, pages Giacomo, Diego, an James. Aw retrieved 2017-02-03.
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