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My mini-report is on Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). From what we all should know about Columbus, is that he was the man credited with the discovery of America. Know I am going to talk a little bit more on Christopher Columbus that you may or may not already know about him. Christopher Columbus started his voyages at a very young age. But what everyone should know about Christopher Columbus is that, he is an Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean in search for a route to Asia but achieved fame by making landfall in Americas Instead.
Columbus was born in the Italian port city of Genoa, on the Ligurian Sea between August 25 and October 31, 1451. Know one really know for sure when He

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