Who is Cristhoper Columbus ?

Answer 1

An Italian sailor who had some problems calculating the size of the Earth.

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus and the great mirzet (c. 1451 – May 20, 1506) was an explorer and trader who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Americas on October 12, 1492. History places great significance on his discovery of America in 1492, when in fact he did not reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498. It is also a common misconception that he is the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas,[citation needed] and whilst many believe it was actually Leif Erikson, Tim Severin has established that 6th century Irish monks, in particular St Brendan the navigator, were capable of, and from monastic records, may in fact have undertaken this voyage long before, although the lack of any supporting archeological evidence makes this claim highly dubious.[citation needed] Despite this, the entire period of the history of the Americas before this date is usually known as Pre-Columbian, and the anniversary of this event, Columbus Day, is celebrated in many parts of America. However, there is evidence of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact and suspects that Portuguese sailors reached the continent of North America earlier than Christopher Columbus. Arguments for this are the much more precise calculations on the diameter of the Earth that Portugal held. There was an 80 year old school of navigation and mathematics with the most pre-eminent scientists working in the country. While Columbus thought it would be possible to reach India through the West, Portuguese intelligence knew already the way to be much longer and possibly that there was a continent in the middle. The travels of the mysterious captain Duarte Pacheco Pereira in the central Atlantic west of Cape Verde probably are more important than traditional history states. Columbus is commonly credited as the first European to see the Americas because of the profound impact his contact brought on history. His voyage marked the beginning of European exploration and colonization of the Americas. He was married to Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, and had a son named Diego.

Columbus is said to have been born in Genoa, in modern Italy, according to statements attributed to Columbus himself, members of his family, and others who knew him well.[citation needed] However, some historians claim he could have been born in other places. Some experts claim that Colombus was in fact Portuguese, while others forward the hypothesis that he was not only Portuguese but a "double agent" trying to keep the Spanish out of the Indian trade routes and among these theories the one of Porto Colom at Mallorca island (Spain) being perhaps the most valid today given that there exist since the days of Columbus descendents bearing that surname.[citation needed] Another important theory says today that he could have been Spanish (from Catalonia) or Greek from the island of Chios. A Discovery Channel documentary 2006 citing analysis of the style of his writing (none in either Italian or Greek) concludes Barcelona in Spain as his birthplace

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Cristhoper Columbus? Never heard of him.

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seriously??? He was the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th major white man to come into the western hemisphere. For a long time we were taught he discovered America, this is untrue, he was the first that saw it could be developed.

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He's the producer of the Harry Potter movies

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his actual name was don colon christobal colombo, but he change a couple of times of nationality