Christopher Columbus - The Man Who Discovered America (Biography)

Christopher Columbus - The Man Who Discovered America is the biography of Christopher Columbus, a navigator, colonizer, and explorer who was instrumental in Spanish colonization of the Americas. Though not the first to reach the America's from Europe, Columbus' voyages led to general European awareness of the hemisphere and the successful establishment of European cultures in the New World. It is generally believed that he was born in Genoa, although other theories exist. The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the American mainland until his third voyage in 1498. The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd. Columbus Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain. Christopher Columbus - The Man Who Discovered America is highly recommended for those interested in the history and story of this famous explorer.