Compléter Complete the statementsVersion en ligne Complete the following statements par Ma. Dolores Villamar 1 Italian 1450 Spanish Hispaniola Portuguese Christopher Columbus ( : Cristoforo Colombo ; Spanish : Cristóbal Colón ; : Cristóvão Colombo ; born between 31 October and 30 October 1451 , died 20 May 1506 ) was a Genoese explorer , navigator , and colonizer , born in the Republic of Genoa ( today part of Italy ) . Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain , he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean . Those voyages , and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of , initiated the colonization of the New Worl d