Person1451–1506
Christopher Columbus
Genoese navigator in the service of Castile who opened up the Americas to Europeans.
- Dates
- between 26 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506
- Events
- 2 events
- Regions
- Latin America, Western and Central Europe
- In the threads
- Age of Discovery and the New World
Events
- Columbus’s landfall on San Salvador12 October 1492 · Latin America
- First voyage of Christopher Columbus3 August 1492 – 15 March 1493 · Western and Central Europe