Columbus
他的名字是从他的意大利本名 Cristoforo Colombo 拉丁化而来，在西班牙语中为 Cristóbal Colón。
America was discovered accidentally by a great seaman who was looking for something else, and most of the exploration for the next fifty years was done in the hope of getting through or around it. [S.E. Morison, "The Oxford History of the United States," 1965]
美洲是被一个伟大的海员意外发现的，他本来在寻找其他东西，接下来的五十年里，大部分的探险都是希望能够穿过或绕过它。[S.E. Morison，《美国牛津历史》，1965年]