# Christopher Columbus — The Columbiad character guide

> Christopher Columbus in The Columbiad by Joel Barlow.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Columbus, great Columbus

**First appearance:** 0003-the-columbiad

## Who they are

The Genoese explorer who discovers the New World, serving as the epic hero of the poem.

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