2-613-164 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Christopher Columbus, Genoese navigator and explorer. Sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus (1451-1506) set out in 1492 to discover a westward route to Asia. He landed on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, claiming it for Spain. Columbus subsequently made three further voyages to the Americas. From a 'Pictorial Record of Remarkable Events in The History of the World', published by James Sangster and Co., c1910.