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[[w:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]] (Born: sometime in [[w:1450|1450]] or [[w:1451|1451]], at [[w:Genoa|Genoa]], [[w:Italy|Italy]] - Died: [[w:1506|1506]], at [[w:Spain|Spain]]) ('''[[w:Italian language|Italian language]]''': Cristoforo Colombo) was an Italian sailor, explorer, navigator and colonizer of the late [[w:15th century|15th century]] ([[w:1401|1401]] - [[w:1500|1500]]) [[w:Anno Domini|Anno Domini]] (A.D.).

== Paintings ==
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Image:Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Columbus.jpg
Image:CristobalColon.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus Face.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus.jpg
Image:CristobalColon2.jpg
File:Desembarco_de_Colón_de_Dióscoro_Puebla.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus6.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus7.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus8.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus9.jpg
Image:First Voyage, Departure for the New World, August 3, 1492.jpg
Image:Columbus Taking Possession.jpg
Image:Landing of Columbus (2).jpg
Image:Bierstadt Albert The Landing of Columbus.jpg
Image:Col ind maid.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus10.jpg
Image:Unidentified Artist - Christopher Columbus - Google Art Project.jpg
Image:ImageChristopher Columbus11.jpg 
Image:Christopher Columbus2.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus4.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus5.jpg
Image:-Ferdinand and the Fleet-.jpg 
Image:The First Sight of the New World.jpg
Image:Columbus landing on Hispaniola.JPG 
Image:Kolumbus-landet-auf-guanahani 1-860x1315.jpg
Image:Columbus Letter (Basel 1493) Illustration 2.jpg
Image:Indian Chief in Council Informing His Tribe of the Arrival of Strangers in Ships.jpg 
Image:Fate Directs the Faltering.jpg
Image:Cristobal Colon por medio de los Indios.jpg
Image:Cristobal Colon apaciguando una rebelion a bordo.jpg
Image:Columbus Allegory.png
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== Sculptures and monuments ==
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Image:Sevilla2005July 028.jpg|{{en|Columbus tomb at [[:Category:Sevilla|Seville]]'s Cathedral ([[Spain]]).}}
Image:Cristobal Colon Tumba-Catedral de Sevilla-España.jpg|Christopher Columbus Tomb on the Catedral of [[Sevilla]]. [[Spain]].
File:EstatuaColonValladolid.jpg|Statue in [[Valladolid]] ([[Spain]]).
Image:Colombus genoa.jpg|Monumento a Colombo a [[Genova]].
Image:Monumento a Colón (Madrid) 01.jpg|[[:Category:Monument to Christopher Columbus, Madrid|Monument]] in [[Madrid]].
Image:Monumento a Colón (Madrid) 06.jpg|Monument in Madrid (detail: statue).
Image:Monument_a_Colom_2.jpg|Monument in [[Barcelona]].
Image:Spain.Barcelona.Colon.from.Maremagnum.jpg|Monument in [[Barcelona]] (night view).
Image:050529 Barcelona 084.jpg|Monument in [[Barcelona]] (detail).
Image:ColumbusBremerhaven.JPG|Statue in [[Bremerhaven]] ([[Germany]]).
Image:Christopher Columbus - Bronze - Belgrave Square - London.jpg|Statue in [[London]].
Image:Columbus Statue, Belgrave Square.jpg|Different view of statue in London.
Image:Columbus-ohio-christopher-columbus-statue-2006-tight.jpg|[[w:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]
Image:Columbus-ohio-christopher-columbus-statue-2006.jpg|[[w:Columbus, Ohio|Columbus, Ohio]]
Image:Monumento colon.jpg|Monumento esculturico realizado por el artista [[Ernesto Gilbert]] (1887)
Image:Monumento a Cristobal Colón, Huelva..JPG|Monument in [[:Category:Huelva|Huelva]]
Image:Funchal_Colombo_statue.jpg|Funchal, Madeira
Image:Flickr - USCapitol - Landing of Columbus.jpg
Image:Christopher Columbus on Saint Martin - panoramio.jpg|[[Saint-Martin]].
Image:Colombus Monument Buenos Aires.JPG|Monument in [[Buenos Aires]]. 
Image:La Rábida Colón.jpg
Image:Rapallo-IMG 1618.JPG
Image:N58102886 30717938 7388.jpeg
File:CCSD Parque Colon RD 07 2017 4693.jpg|[[w:Ciudad Colonial (Santo Domingo)|Colonial City Santo Domingo]]
Image:Christopher Columbus monument in Schenley Park 2.JPG
Image:3392 - Milano - Monumento a Cristoforo Colombo - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Jun-2007.jpg
Image:Porto Genova 0028.JPG|[[Genoa]], via Gramsci ([[porto antico di Genova]])
Image:Christopher Columbus Statue.jpg|Bronze statue by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]] in Providence, Rhode Island
Image:Christopher Columbus Monument in Marconi Plaza.jpg|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Emanuele Caroni, Sculptor (1876)
Image:Christopher Columbus Monument and Railing Sculpture of Nina Pinta and Santa Maria in Marconi Plaza.jpg|Marconi Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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== Maps ==
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Image:Columbus1.PNG
Image:Columbus2.PNG
Image:Columbus3.PNG
Image:Columbus4.PNG
Image:Christopher Columbus voyages.gif
Image:Columbus no text.PNG
Image:Columbus_first_voyage.jpg
Image:Columbus_second_voyage.jpg
Image:Columbus_fourth_voyage.jpg
Image:Westindies.jpg|{{en|Illustration of the Filson Young work "Christopher Columbus and the New World of His Discovery"}}
Image:Conceptions Colomb map-fr.svg|{{en|Columbus' geographical representation of Asia}}
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==Manuscripts==
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Image:2.- DCVIII.0001.tif|February 20, 1493 letter
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== Stamps ==
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Image:Faroe stamps 225-226 Discovery of America.jpg|{{en|Faroes miniature sheet commemorating two discoveries of America}}
Image:Columbians Issue 1892-8cjpg.jpg
Image:Columbian230-1c-2.jpg
Image:Stamp of Moldova 201.gif
Image:Stamp of Moldova 374.gif
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== Banknotes ==
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Image:5000pesetas.JPG
Image:Lire 5000 (Cristoforo Colombo, 1° tipo).JPG
Image:Lire 5000 (Cristoforo Colombo, 2° tipo).JPG
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== Miscellaneous ==
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Image:Firma-colon.JPG|Autograph
image:columbus-day.svg|Columbus day
image:columbus-day-03.jpg|Columbus day
Image:Santa-Maria.jpg|Replica of the ''Santa Maria''
Image:Genova-casa di Colombo-DSCF7114.JPG|Columbus home in [[Genova]], [[Italy]]
Image:Genova-Porta Soprana e casa di Colombo-DSCF7115.JPG|/ 2 ("[[w:it:Porta Soprana (Genova)|Porta Soprana]]")
Image:Faro colon.jpg|{{es|Faro a Colon, tumba Mausoleo del Almirante Cristobal Colon en Santo Domingo.}}
Image:Eertvelt, Santa Maria.jpg
Image:Genova-IMG_3345-2.jpg|{{it|[[Genova]]: Particolare di poster ottocentesco che ricorda la scoperta dell'America}}
Image:Genova-IMG_3345.JPG|{{it|Genova: Poster ottocentesco a ricordo della scoperta dell'America}}
Image:Genova-IMG_3370-2.jpg|{{it|Genova: Particolare di poster ottocentesco a ricordo della scoperta dell'America}}
Image:Genova-IMG_3370.JPG|{{it|Genova: Poster ottocentesco a ricordo della scoperta dell'America}}
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==Adjusted versions==
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Image:Columbus landing on Hispaniola adj.jpg|Adj.version
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