Never heard of him.
Oh oh, I know who he is! I do! He's the guy that came over to Canada on the Mayflower to give them the Statue of Liberty after they built the railroads! See, I'm smart!
Some interesting facts from the History channel.
10 Things You May Not Know About Christopher Columbus - History ...
He was the first Italian to land on San Salvador, a few other Carribbean islands and the coast of Venezuela.
The first European to bring western prisoners back to Europe.
Left Spain on borrowed ships to discover route to the Orient to trade for spice, returned having failed to do so.
Columbus' travels to the west likely set in motion the genocide of indigenous peoples he encountered.
He's my first and third babies daddy.
he was the first moonshiner
There are two places that claim to have his remains. One is the Cathedral of Seville in Spain. The other is the Columbus Lighthouse in the Dominican Republic.