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Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, is best known for his 1492 voyage that led to the European awareness of the American continents. Interestingly, he believed he could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe, underestimating the Earth's size. Columbus made four voyages to the New World, but he never actually set foot on the mainland of North America. Additionally, he was not the first European to reach the Americas; that distinction is often attributed to the Norse explorer Leif Erikson, who arrived around 1000 AD.

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