EL SALVADOR 10 COLONES 2 – 3 – 1998, P.148, SERIE AI UNC- (9,9/10) CONDITION  PICTURE OF  Christopher Columbus Explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, Italy.  His first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 nearly cost him his life.  Columbus participated in several other expeditions to Africa. 1492, …