4.Columbus only really became known in the US after the publication of the " History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus" by Washington Irving in 1820.
5.Made from blocks of coral cut from the ocean floor, The Cathedral of Saint Christopher is a Cuban Baroque masterpiece that has been called music set in stone.
6.BEN MONTGOMERY: The week Chris got caught, a Grammy Award-winning bluegrass picker named Tim O'Brien put out a song called The Ballard of Christopher Daniel Gay.
7.The mayor of Mexico City Claudia Sheinbaum has confirmed that a statue of an indigenous woman will replace the Christopher Columbus Monument on one of the capital's main thoroughfares.