do you know who is columbus?
Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time who we call Native Americans. There even was a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas. Before the Voyage. Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. He later lived in Lisbon where he worked as a trader.