christopher columbus, n.All

Christopher Columbus first set foot on what is now Honduras.

Christopher Columbus was attempting to find a sea route to the ‘Land of Spices’ when he accidentally found the New World

Christopher Columbus is responsible for having saved the Indians from themselves.

Christopher Columbus is the man who shut the door upon the Middle Ages and inaugurated a new world and a new age. Thus, the moment when those three paltry vessels left that Spanish harbour is one of the most epoch-making in the history of humanity.

Christopher Columbus is a man who was honored because he was the last to discover America.

Christopher Columbus believed the world was shaped like a woman's breast.

Christopher Columbus brought the first lemon seeds to the New World

Christopher Columbus, when he heard that one of his men had sighted land in the Americas (earning a lifetime pension for it), claimed that he had seen it the day before but simply not bothered to mention it, and was given the pension instead.

Christopher Columbus did not sail the world in a bid to prove it wasn't flat. 'Flat Earth' has not been a mainstream theory since at least 600 B.C.

Christopher Columbus is responsible for having brought the first lemon seeds to America