Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa in 1451. In August 1492, with the sponsorship of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Columbus and his fleet of three ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta an.. Read more »d the Niña, set sail across the Atlantic in search of the Indies.

On 12 October, Columbus and a group of his men set foot on an island in what later became known as the Bahamas. Believing that they had reached the Indies, the newcomers dubbed the natives 'Indians'.Columbus landed on a number of other islands in the Caribbean, including Cuba and Hispaniola, and returned to Spain in triumph. He died in 1506.

Country:	Spain
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Discovery of America (1987)
Nominal:	50 Pta
Year:	1987
Size:	50 x 29 mm
Perforation:	comb 12¾ x 13¼
Mintage:	5,500,000