# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christopher-columbus
# Generated: 2026-08-31T11:51:21.199Z

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name: "Christopher Columbus"
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description: "The Genoese navigator who sailed west in 1492 seeking a shortcut to Asia and instead opened Europe's path to the Americas — a voyage that reshaped two worlds and remains among history's most scrutinized."
tagline: "Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1451"
deathDate: "1506-05-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in the Republic of Genoa between August and October 1451, Columbus went to sea young and ranged from the British Isles to Ghana before settling in Lisbon. Largely self-taught in geography and astronomy, he lobbied multiple kingdoms with a plan to reach the East Indies by sailing west until Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II agreed to fund the attempt. He left Palos in August 1492 with three ships and made landfall in the Bahamas on 12 October, then visited Cuba and Hispaniola, where he established a colony. He returned to Castile in early 1493 with captives, and the news spread fast. Three more voyages followed — the Lesser Antilles in 1493, Trinidad and South America's northern coast in 1498, Central America's east in 1502 — but his governorship drew accusations of brutality, and in 1500 the Crown arrested him and removed him from Hispaniola. He spent his final years in litigation over promised privileges and died on 20 May 1506, never renouncing his belief he'd reached the Far East.