San Martín side, arch 11
Christopher Columbus
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DON XPTOVAL COLON
- Sculptor
- Alejandro Carnicero
- Year
- 1733–1734
- Where it is
- San Martín side, arch 11
Who he was
1450–1506 Italian navigator and explorer
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on Christopher Columbus, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
