Christopher Columbus

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Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)

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Superseding all previous works, Samuel Eliot Morison's Admiral of the Ocean Sea (Pulitzer Prize, 1942) and Christopher Columbus, Mariner (1955) bring together the best results of scholarship to the date of their publication.
Columbus, Christopher (Italian--original form of name probably Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish form, Cristobal Colon) (1451-1506)
He conceived a plan to reach Asia by sailing westward, but was rebuffed at the English, French, and Portuguese courts; in 1492 Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain finally agreed to sponsor the voyage, naming him Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Viceroy, and governor of the lands he might discover.
Columbus, Christopher
United Seamen's Service Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) awards, the maritime industry's most prestigious honor, will be presented to two NDTA members at a gala industry dinner and dance to be held at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, New York City, on November 5, 2004.
NDTA members to receive prestigious AOTOS industry honors from United Seamen's Service
Put together and organized by Christopher Columbus between 1492 and 1502, this is a collection of the privileges granted to the Admiral of the Ocean Sea by the Catholic Monarchs, plus other related texts.
The Book of Privileges Issued to Christopher Columbus by King Fernando and Queen Isabel: 1492-1502
He won Pulitzer Prizes for his biography Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean Sea (2 v.
Morison, Samuel Eliot (1887-1976)
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