By command the Spanish monarch, Columbus set out in search of fabled Cathay. His accidental "discovery" of America, in fact already populated by Amerindians, changed the history of man and therefore won him a reputation as a great explorer.
捧著西班牙國王詔書，一心想找尋「天朝」中國的哥倫布，碰巧「發現」了印地安人久居的美洲，改變人類歷史，因而得享偉大探險家的美名。