When did Christopher Columbus die?

Death found the discoverer of America at the 55th year of his life on 20.05.1506, it happened in the Spanish Seville. By that time, Christopher Columbus was seriously ill. Before his death, he managed to get back the privileges taken away in 1499-1500. Spanish authorities. The navigator was buried in Seville, but 34 years later, by order of the king, his ashes were sent to the island of Haiti, since Columbus wanted to rest in the West Indies. Then the coffin with the ashes made several more movements, until it was brought back to Seville.