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Christopher Columbus[a] (/kəˈlʌmbəs/;[3] born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was an explorer and navigator from Genoa (now part of Italy) who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, are the first known European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, and the second widely accepted European contact with the Americas after the Norse colonization of North America five centuries earlier.
