You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. - Christopher Columbus

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You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.

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About Christopher Columbus

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 Columbus Cristóbal Colón Cristobal Colon Christofer Columbus Don Cristobál Colón, 'Christopher Columbus' Cristoffer Columbus Don Cristobál Colón

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Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by the many signal miracles that He has shown on the voyage, and for me, who for so great a time was in the court of Your Highnesses with the opposition and against the opinion of so many high personages of your household, who were all against me, alleging this undertaking to be folly, which I hope in Our Lord will be to the greater glory of Christianity, which to some slight extent already has happened.

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