
Christopher Columbus
1451–1506
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Navigator whose Atlantic crossings opened a catastrophic and transformative era of contact — teach navigation craft and historical consequence together.
Story so far
- 1451personal
Born in Genoa
- c. 1465personal
Goes to sea
- 1476highlight
Shipwrecked off Portugal
- 1479personal
Marries Filipa Moniz Perestrelo
- 1485work
Moves to Castile
- 1492highlight
First voyage: landfall in the Americas
- 1493work
Second voyage
- 1498highlight
Third voyage
- 1500controversy
Arrested and stripped of governorship
- 1502work
Fourth voyage
- 1506death
Death in Valladolid
- post-1506legacy
Legacy of the Columbian Exchange
Life chapters will appear here once the autobiography track is generated.