Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus is famous for crossing the Atlantic in 1492, but his travels were far more extensive than that single historic journey. Over 12 years, he made four voyages to the Americas, exploring Caribbean islands and eventually reaching the mainland of South and Central America.
But he never reached the Asian destinations he was searching for, nor did he visit much of the territory that would eventually become the United States. His actual travels were marred by difficult sea crossings at a time when the New World was nothing more than fiction.
Curious? Read on to discover more.