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'''克里斯托弗·哥倫布'''（{{lang-es|'''Crist 西班牙语：Crist óbal Colón'''}} ；{{lang-it|'''Cristoforo 意大利语：Cristoforo Colombo'''}}） ，{{bd|1450年/1451年|10月31日|1506年|5月20日|catIdx=Colombo}}），[[探险家]]、[[殖民者]]、[[航海家]]，出生于中世纪的[[熱那亞共和國]]（今[[義大利歷史#文藝復興|意大利]]西北部）。<ref name="EB-online">[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/127070/Christopher-Columbus%20 Christopher Columbus] Encyclopædia Britannica. 2010. ''Encyclopædia Britannica Online.'' 8 June 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748130 Scholastic Teacher – Christopher Columbus (1451–1506)] Teaching Resources, Children's Book Recommendations, and Student Activities. Milton Meltzer. Author, ''Columbus and the World Around Him''.</ref><ref>[http://photo.pds.org:5005/advanced/article?id=ar125200&st=columbus World Book – Columbus, Christopher] "Columbus, Christopher". World Book Store has the encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, homework help, study aids, and curriculum guides. 2010</ref><ref>[http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/columbus_christopher.jsp Questia – COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER] "Columbus, Christopher". Questia – The Online Library of Books and Journals. 2010<br />[http://books.google.it/books?id=dX4G3Q22UicC&pg=PR9&dq=Columbus+born+Genoa&lr=&cd=45#v=onepage&q&f=true ''Memorials Of Columbus: Or, A Collection Of Authentic Documents Of That Celebrated Navigator'' (page 9)] Country of origin: USA. Pages: 428. Publisher: BiblioBazaar. Publication Date: 2010-01-01.<br />[http://books.google.it/books?id=Jvf2Zj_czhIC&pg=PA127&dq=Columbus+born+genoa&lr=&cd=174#v=onepage&q&f=true ''Native American History for Dummies'' (page 127)] Authors: Dorothy Lippert, Stephen J. Spignesi and Phil Konstantin. Paperback: 364 pages. Publisher: For Dummies. Publication Date: 2007-10-29.<br />[http://books.google.it/books?id=XNbqUR_IoOMC&pg=PA67&lpg=PA68&dq=Columbus+between+25+August+and+31+October+1451&lr=&cd=7#v=onepage&q&f=true ''The peoples of the Caribbean: an encyclopedia of archeology and traditional culture'' (p. 67)] Author: Nicholas J. Saunders. Hardcover: 399 pages. Publisher: ABC-CLIO. Publication Date: 15 July 2006.</ref>在西班牙的[[天主教君主]]的赞助下，他在1492年到1502年間四次橫渡[[大西洋]]，並且成功到达[[美洲]]。他使得普通欧洲人也知道了美洲。他的这些航行，以及在[[伊斯帕尼奥拉岛]]建立永久居民点的努力，拉开[[西班牙美洲殖民地|西班牙殖民美洲]]的序幕，同时也是[[美洲殖民|欧洲殖民]]后来所谓“[[新大陸]]”的先驱。其灵柩现存于[[西班牙]][[塞维利亚主教座堂]]主堂内。