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So tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as th… - Christopher Columbus
" "So tractable, so peaceable are these people that I swear to your Majesties there is not in the world a better nation. They love their neighbors as themselves, and their discourse is ever sweet and gentle and accompanied with a smile; and though it is true that they are naked, yet their manners are decorous and praiseworthy.
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Christopher Columbus (1451 – 20 May 1506) (Cristoforo Colombo in Italian, Cristóbal Colón in Spanish, Cristóvão Colombo in Portuguese) was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, were the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
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Native Name:
Christoffa Corombo
Alternative Names:
Cristoforo Colombo
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Columbus
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Cristóbal Colón
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Cristobal Colon
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Christofer Columbus
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Don Cristobál Colón, 'Christopher Columbus'
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Cristoffer Columbus
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Don Cristobál Colón
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After your Highnesses ended the war of the Moors who reigned in Europe, and finished the war of the great city of Granada, where this present year [1492] on the 2nd January I saw the royal banners of Your Highnesses planted by force of arms on the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of the said city, I saw the Moorish sultan issue from the gates of the said city, and kiss the royal hands of Your Highnesses …
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