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Cristobal Colon

noun

Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506). Synonyms: Christopher Columbus, Columbus, Cristoforo Colombo.

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... "The Cristobal Colon! That name will stick in my memory, my friend, until I have revenged you and your shipmates. Do you think it's likely that the Spanish cruiser is in these ...

— Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser - A Brave Fight Against Odds • Walter Fenton Mott

... of the litigation which followed upon this will and upon other documents which bear upon the fortunes of Columbus is curious, but scarcely interesting. The present representative of Columbus is Don Cristobal Colon de la Cerda, Duke of Veragua and of La Vega, a grandee of Spain of the first class, Marquis of Jamaica, Admiral and Seneschal Major of the Indies, ...

— The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals • Edward Everett Hale

Words linked to "Cristobal Colon" : navigator, Cristoforo Colombo