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Theexplorer Christopher Columbus was born Italy in the fifteenth century. He livedin Spain for some time and made many sea voyages. Hewas always interested in India. He knew that it was possible tosail east and bring back a lot of gold. At the same time, people in those daysknew that the planet was round. So his idea was to sail west and reach India. He didn’t know that there was acontinent on his way to India. He sailed west and arrived in Central America. That was how he discovered the newcontinent.