Christopher Columbus

Genoese explorer · 1451–1506 · Atlantic, Caribbean
Christopher Columbus was a Genoese explorer whose 1492 voyage to the Caribbean, funded by Ferdinand and Isabella, initiated European colonization of the Americas.
The kit
- Voyage — Christopher Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492 aboard the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria, landing in the Bahamas.
- Governance — Christopher Columbus was granted governorship and a tenth of riches by the Capitulations of Santa Fe but was replaced by Francisco de Bobadilla for cruelty.
- Colonization — Christopher Columbus forced the Taino to pay tribute after colonizing their home, later named Hispaniola.
- Legacy — Christopher Columbus initiated the Columbian Exchange, a biological diffusion outlined by Alfred Crosby that transformed global ecosystems.
Runs with
Ferdinand and Isabella
Hispaniola
Spain
the Caribbean
The ladder · 15 clues
Gaspar Gorricio helped this man compile the Book of Prophecies.
Alfred Crosby outlined a form of biological diffusion started by this person.
An opera about this man written on the 400th anniversary of his most famous undertaking was composed by Alberto Franchetti and premiered in the Teatro de Felice in this man's birthplace.
In 2000, Carl A. Anderson was elected leader of an organization named for this man and founded by Michael McGivney.
Italian explorer landed in the Caribbean in 1492?
Abandoned the Santa Maria on Christmas Day, 1492, after it ran aground during his first voyage?
This man was granted royal titles and a tenth of the riches he discovered in the Capitulations of Santa Fe.
This subject of the Capitulations of Santa Fe was replaced by Francisco de Bobadilla as governor of the Indies.
Discovered the New World in 1492?
led an expedition to the new world on the Santa Maria.
A Paul Claudel play inspired the libretto of another opera about this man that was composed by Darius Milhaud.
This man forced the Taino to pay him tribute after colonizing their home, which was later named Hispaniola. name this Italian explorer whose voyages, funded by Ferdinand and Isabella, led to Spanish colonization in the New World.
This native of Genoa was denied any funds by Henry the Navigator of Portugal, but he was given the ships Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria by Spain. identify this explorer who was funded by Isabella I and Ferdinand II and discovered the New World.
Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored the voyage of this Genoese explorer who first sailed to America aboard the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria in 1492.
10 more clues from the record
Ferdinand and Isabella supported New World exploration by funding this Genoan admiral, who landed in the Bahamas in 1492.
This man’s grandson became the first Duke of Veragua.
A Washington Irving biography of this man popularized many myths, including one of his belief that only one-third of the Earth’s circumference remained undiscovered.
This man stole a large cash prize from Rodrigo de Triana, who was actually the first crew member to see Guanahani.
Dario Fo wrote the Italian-language play Isabella, Three Sailing Ships and a Con Man to demystify the narrative around this 15th-century explorer.
This man's grandson was granted the Dukedom of Veragua and named the Caymans "Las Tortugas." This man asked his brother, Bartholomew, to get Henry VII's sponsorship.
In his later years, this man adopted a strange triangular signature and wrote The Book of Prophecies, predicting a world emperor and a new crusade.
This man’s friend Gaspar Gorricio inspired him to write the Book of Privileges, and on this man’s final voyage, he was attacked by El Quiban.
Due to his cruelty, this man was replaced by Francisco de Bobadilla in a position that he had been granted by the Capitulations of Santa Fe.
Italian-born explorer whose proposed 1492 voyage across the Atlantic was denied funding by the Portuguese.



















