Christopher ColumbusBorn: August/October 25-31 1451

Died: 20th May 1506 outside Valladolid Spain (aged 55)

Died of: A heart attack caused by Reiter’s Syndrome (Reactive Arthritis)

Birthplace: Genoa, Italy

Nationality: Genoese

Other names: Genoese: Christoffa Corombo, Spanish: Cristóbal Colón, Latin: Christophorus Columbus

Title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea; Viceroy and Governor of the Indies

Religious Beliefs: Roman Catholic

Spouse(s): Filipa Moniz (c. 1476-1485)

Children: Diego and Fernando

Job title: navigator, colonizer and explorer

Sponsor: King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain

Best known as: The explorer who found America

Father: Domenico Colombo (middle class wool merchant and weaver, he also owned a cheese stand)

Mother: Susanna Fontanarossa

Brothers: Giovanni Pellegrino, Giacomo and Bartolomeo Columbus

First Voyage: 13 years old

Famous Ships: Santa Clara Nina (real name), Pinta and Santa Maria (Voyage to America)

First official voyage: 3rd of August 1492

Second O.F: 24th of September 1493

Third O.F: 30th May 1498

Fourth O.F: 11th May 1502