Both Uses of
Christopher Columbus
in
The Age of Innocence
- Nobody ever HAD built above Fortieth Street—no, says I, nor above the Battery either, before Christopher Columbus discovered America.†
Chpt 17 *
- Do you suppose Christopher Columbus would have taken all that trouble just to go to the Opera with the Selfridge Merrys?†
Chpt 24
Definition:
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(Christopher Columbus) Italian navigator who accidentally discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China (1451-1506)