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Also Known As Bartolomeo Colombo • Bartolomé Colón
Born c.1426 or c.1475 • Genoa • Italy
Died 1514 or 1515 • Santo Domingo • Dominican Republic
Founder Santo Domingo
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer
Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
David Thompson
English explorer
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer
Marco Polo
Marco Polo
Italian explorer
Leon Battista Alberti
Leon Battista Alberti
Italian architect and author
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian navigator
John Cabot
John Cabot
Italian explorer
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Giovanni da Verrazzano
Italian navigator
Pierre de Brazza
French explorer
Umberto Nobile
Umberto Nobile
Italian explorer
Carlo Piaggia
Italian explorer
Pellegrino Matteucci
European explorer
Romolo Gessi
Italian explorer and soldier
Rodolfo Amadeo Lanciani
Italian archaeologist
Giacomo Doria
Italian naturalist and explorer
Luigi Robecchi-Bricchetti
Italian explorer
Peter Martyr d’Anghiera
Italian chaplain and historian of the Spanish court
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Lady Hester Stanhope
British noble

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