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Voyages of Christopher Columbus
1492–1504 voyages to the Americas
The four voyages of Columbus (conjectural) | |
| Date | 1492, 1493, 1498 & 1502 |
|---|---|
| Location | Americas |
| Participants | Christopher Columbus and Castilian crew (among others) |
| Outcome | European discovery and colonization of the Americas |
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus[a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America.
Christopher columbus first voyage route
These voyages led to the widespread knowledge of the New World. This breakthrough inaugurated the period known as the Age of Discovery, which saw the colonization of the Americas, a related biological exchange, and trans-Atlantic trade.
These events, the effects and consequences of which persist to the present, are often cited as the beginning of the modern era.
Born in the Republic of Genoa, Columbus was a navigator who sailed in search of