File:Britannica Columbus Cipher.jpg

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English: Signature of Christopher Columbus.
Italiano: La firma di Cristoforo Colombo.
Date 15th century
date QS:P,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Source 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 6, p. 745 (see en:s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Columbus, Christopher)
Author
Christopher Columbus  (1451–1506)  wikidata:Q7322 s:en:Author:Christopher Columbus q:en:Christopher Columbus
 
Christopher Columbus
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Birth name: Christophorus Columbus; Cristoforo Colombo; Columbus; Cristóbal Colón; Cristobal Colon; Christofer Columbus; Don Cristobál Colón, 'Christopher Columbus'
Description Italian explorer, sailor, seafarer, traveler and inventor
Date of birth/death between 25 August 1451 and 31 October 1451
date QS:P,+1451-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1451-08-25T00:00:00Z/11,P1326,+1451-10-31T00:00:00Z/11
 Edit this at Wikidata		 20 May 1506 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Genoa Edit this at Wikidata Valladolid Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q7322
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.
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Caption: Columbus Cipher.

The interpretation of the seven-lettered cipher, accepting the smaller letters of the second line as the final ones of the words, seems to be Salve Christus, Maria, Yosephus. The name Christopher (Christoferens) appears in the last line.

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