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Photo
Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio - Ritratto di Cristoforo Colombo (1520)
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Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio
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Public domain
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Photo credit

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Columbus on the deck of the SANTA MARIA LCCN2004670727
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Library of Congress
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Wikimedia Commons
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哥伦布

哥倫布
Gēlúnbù
proper noun #13,677

Meanings

  1. 1 Christopher Columbus (explorer)

About Christopher Columbus

1451–1506 · 探险家 explorer

Genoese navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic for Spain in 1492 and reached the Caribbean, opening lasting contact between Europe and the Americas. Chinese say 发现新大陆, 'discover the New World', of any surprising find.

Also called  克里斯托弗·哥伦布

Characters

哥
gē
elder brother
伦
lún
logic, reason
布
bù
cloth, to spread
Phonetic transliteration of 'Columbus'.

Examples

HSK 7-9
哥伦布发现了新大陆。
Gēlúnbù fāxiàn le xīndàlù.
Columbus discovered the New World.

Tips

history
Chinese often set him beside 郑和, whose voyages began in 1405, 87 years before Columbus's, and reached East Africa. Zheng He's first fleet carried some 27,000 men; Columbus sailed with three ships and about 90.

Stroke Order

哥 gē
伦 lún
布 bù