Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus was a famed Genoese navigator and explorer who sailed for Spain during the 15th and 16th centuries.

Nora, a friend of Travis Mayweather's who resided on the, compared Mayweather to Columbus and Magellan after he explained to her that the exploration feats he participated in aboard the Enterprise, which included having traveled 150 light years and visiting 22 inhabited worlds in an eighteen-month period. 

Columbus' legacy was honored well into the 23rd century as the name of a Federation shuttlecraft assigned aboard the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-A).