Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer navigator and colonizer who discovered the New World of the Americas on an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain in 1492. After making four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean his efforts initiated European colonization of New World. In search of a sponsor for the voyage he took his idea to Portuguese King John in 1484, then to Genoa and Venice, Italy but was rejected all three times. Christopher Columbus approached the Spanish monarchy in 1486, who showed some interest, but he got rejected because they were in war with the Muslims. For the next several years, Christopher Columbus continued to lobby several countries their patronage but was not successful until the Spanish army captured
