which year was christopher columbus born is it in the ce
Christopher Columbus (1451â1506) was a Genoese trader, explorer, and navigator. He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451. Christopher Columbus is the English version of Columbus's name. His real name in Italian was Cristoforo Colombo; his name in Spanish was CristÃ³bal ColÃ³n. In 1492, Columbus landed on the modern day island of the Bahamas, the first European to do so.