英语翻译Christopher Columbus (Genoa?,1451 – May 20,1506,Valladol

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Christopher Columbus (Genoa?,1451 – May 20,1506,Valladolid,Spain) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of several historical figures credited as the first European to discover the Americas.It is generally believed that he was born in Genoa,although other theories and possibilities exist.The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus.Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Castilian Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.
Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere.While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492,he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498.Likewise,he was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas,as there are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492.Nevertheless,Columbus's voyage came at a critical time of growing national imperialism and economic competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes and colonies.Therefore,the period before 1492 is known as Pre-Columbian.
The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd.Columbus Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain.This fact is a matter of controversy,since first person accounts of his voyages (including his own accounts) depict the genocide of the indigenous people.

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克里斯托弗·哥伦布（出生于热那亚?1451年-1506年5月20日,西班牙）是一个航海家和殖民主义者.
他因为首先发现美洲大陆而成为几个历史名人之一.
人们都认为他出生于热亚那,虽然其他的说法和可能也存在.
克里斯托弗·哥伦布这个名字在拉丁问中叫做 Christophorus Columbus.在广为人知的现代意大利语中叫做 Cristoforo Colombo ,在正统西班牙语中叫做Cristóbal Colón.
哥伦布的航行路线穿过大西洋,开始了欧洲对西半球的探险和殖民.历史对他1942年第一次航行划定了重大的意义,但实际上他知道1498年的第三次航行才到达了美洲大陆.
同样,他也不是最早到达美洲大陆的欧洲探险家,因为早在1942年以前欧洲就有关于横渡大西洋的记载.尽管如此,哥伦布的航行是在一个关键的时刻进行的,那就是不断壮大的帝国主义以及各个民族之间为寻找财富和建立贸易路线、殖民地所进行的经济竞争.
因此,1942年之前这一时期就是后来闻名的前哥伦布时期.
1942年航行纪念日（哥伦布纪念日）是同时在美国和西班牙奉行的.但这有争议,因为第一陈述他的航行的人（其中包括他自己）却没有阐述对土著居民的大屠杀.