Christopher Columbus Facts - 1492 - Famous people | Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer of North America. Columbus completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean and is greatly responsible for the permanent settlement of Europeans in the Americas.
Storyboard Text
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer of North America. Columbus completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean and is greatly responsible for the permanent settlement of Europeans in the Americas.
In 1493, Christopher Columbus returned to Spain and brought with him exotic food, plants, animals, Native Americans, and gold for Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand.