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Definition of Cristobal colon
1. Noun. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506).
Generic synonyms: Navigator
Derivative terms: Columbian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cristobal Colon
Literary usage of Cristobal colon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Venezuela by Leonard Victor Dalton (1912)
"... Bermudez asphalt lake— Carupano—" Ron bianco "—Sulphur and gold—Rio Caribe—
Peninsula of Paria—cristobal colon—An ambitious project— The Delta—the Golfo ..."
2. The Panama Guide by John Owen Collins (1912)
"Cristobal-Colon This city or overgrown village bears the Spanish name of Christopher
Columbus, although for many years it was known as Aspinwall, ..."
3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"The least injured was the cristobal colon, which was sunk by her commander, and
lay nearly on her beam ends. The vessel in the next best condition was the ..."
4. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"RIO CARIBE—cristobal colon—CANO COLORADO. The total exports of the small port
... cristobal colon, a port of export and import, sent 42.249 metric tons of ..."
5. The Madeira Islands by Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle (1899)
"with the son, then a handsome lad about fourteen years of age. His name was
cristobal colon y ... cristobal colon ..."
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