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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: Bartolomeu Dias, Christopher Columbus, Henry the Navigator, Diogo Cao, Piri Reis, Gaspar Corte-Real, Antonio de Noli, Diogo Gomes, Lancarote de Freitas, Martin Behaim, Goncalo Velho, Nuno Tristao, Alvise Cadamosto, Vicente Yanez Pinzon, Alonso de Ojeda, Afonso Goncalves Baldaia, Pero da Covilha, Juan de la Cosa, Alonso Sanchez, Joao Goncalves Zarco, Goncalo de Sintra, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Fernao Gomes, Nicolau Coelho, Diogo Dias, Joao Vaz Corte-Real, Joao Fernandes, Joao Afonso do Estreito, Antao Goncalves, Alvaro Martins, Joao Fernandes Lavrador, Fernao do Po, Pero Vaz de Caminha, Gil Eanes, Antonio Fernandes, Pedro Alonso Nino, Diego Alvarez Chanca, Diogo de Teive, Rodrigo de Jerez, Dinis Dias, Pero Escobar, Tristao Vaz Teixeira, Paulo da Gama, Joao de Trasto, Pedro de Sintra, Afonso de Paiva, Diogo de Silves, Alvaro Caminha, Joos van Ghistele, Joseph Capateiro, Gaspar de Lemos, Pero de Barcelos, Pero Dias, Pero de Alenquer, Eustache de la Fosse, Joao de Santarem, Lopes Goncalves, Joao Infante, Joao Grego. Excerpt: Christopher Columbus (c. 31 October 1451 - 20 May 1506) was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. Those voyages, and his efforts to establish permanent settlements in the island of Hispaniola, initiated the process of Spanish colonization, which foreshadowed the general European colonization of the "New World." In the context of emerging western imperialism and economic competition between European kingdoms seeking wealth though the establishment of trade routes and colonies, Columbus's far-fetched proposal to reach the East Indies by sailing westward...
