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Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer famed for discovering America during his expeditions around the turn of the 15th – 16th centuries. Sailing for King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain to find a route to India (in order to trade for spices), his four voyages to the American continents began the process of Spanish colonization.
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