Columbus, Christopher, 1451-1506
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Christopher Columbus was likely born in October 1451 in Genoa, Republic of Genoa. His name in Ligurian is Cristoffa Corombo. In one of his writings, he says he went to sea at the age of 10. In 1473, Columbus began his apprenticeship as business agent for the important Centurione, Di Negro and Spinola families of Genoa. Later, he allegedly made a trip to Chios, an Aegean island then ruled by Genoa. Columbus based himself in Lisbon from 1477 to 1485. Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along the coasts of West Africa, reaching the Portuguese trading post of Elmina at the Guinea coast (in present-day Ghana). Ambitious, Columbus eventually learned Latin, Portuguese, and Castilian. He read widely about astronomy, geography, and history, including the works of Claudius Ptolemy, Cardinal Pierre d'Ailly's Imago Mundi, the travels of Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville, Pliny's Natural History, and Pope Pius II's Historia Rerum Ubique Gestarum. Between 1492 and 1503, Columbus completed four round-trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, each voyage being sponsored by the Crown of Castile. On his first voyage, he independently discovered the Americas and magnetic declination. These voyages marked the beginning of the European exploration and colonization of the American continents, and are thus of enormous significance in Western history. Columbus always insisted, in the face of mounting evidence to the contrary, that the lands that he visited during those voyages were part of the Asian continent, as previously described by Marco Polo and other European travelers.
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associatedWith | American Sephardi Federation |
associatedWith | Anjou, René of, Count of Provence, Duke of Lorraine, titular King of Jerusalem, Naples and Sicily |
associatedWith | Bartolomé de las Casas m. 1566. |
associatedWith | Berg, Aaron W., 1903-1978 |
associatedWith | Bigelow, John, 1854-1936 |
associatedWith | Boswell, James, 1740-1795 |
associatedWith | Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 |
associatedWith | Cavallero, Joseph Augustin. |
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Birth 1451-10-31
Death 1506-05-20
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Colom, 1451-1506
Colon y Fontanarrosa, Cristobal, 1451-1506
Koron, Kurisutobaru, 1451-1506
Koron, Kurisutōbaru, 1451-1506
Koronbusu, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristobal, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristodfor, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristoferus, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristoforus, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristòfor, 1451-1506
Colom, Cristóbal, 1451-1506
Colomb, Christophe, 1451-1506
Colombo, Christovam, 1451-1506
Colombo, Cristoforo, 1451-1506
Colombo, Cristovao, 1451-1506
Colombo, Cristóvão, 1451-1506
Colombus, Christophorus, 1451-1506
Colon, Christophe, 1451-1506
Colon, Cristobal, 1451-1506
Colonne, Cristoforo, 1451-1506
Columbus, Ch. (Christopher), 1451-1506
Columbus, Christophorus, 1451-1506
Colón y Fontanarrosa, Cristóbal, 1451-1506
Colón, Christophe, 1451-1506
Colón, Cristóbal, 1450-1506
Fontanarrosa, Cristobal Colon y, 1451-1506
Fontanarrosa, Cristóbal Colón y, 1451-1506
Gelunbu, 1451-1506
Goulm, Kristol, 1451-1506
Kholupus, Khristov, 1451-1506
Ko-lun-pu, 1451-1506
Kolampacu, 1451-1506
Kolomb, Kristof, 1451-1506
Kolombos, Kristapor, 1451-1506
Kolombos, Kʻristapʻor, 1451-1506
Kolompos, Kristapor, 1451-1506
Kolompos, Kʻristapʻor, 1451-1506
Kolomvos, Christophoros, 1451-1506
Kolon, Kristobal, 1451-1506
Kolumb, Khristofor, 1451-1506
Kolumb, Krzysztof, 1451-1506
Kolumbo, Kristof, 1451-1506
Kolumbus, Christoph, 1451-1506
Kolumbus, Kristof, 1451-1506
Kolumbus, Krystof, 1451-1506
Kolumbus, Kryštof, 1451-1506
Колумб, Христофор, 1451-1506
קאלומבוס, קריסטאף, 1451-1506
קאלומבוס, קריסטופר, 1451-1506
קולומבוס, 1451-1506
كولمبوس, كريستوفر, 1451-1506
كولومبس, كريستوفر, 1451-1506
كولومبوس, كريستوف, 1451-1506
Ḳolon, Ḳrisṭobal, 1451-1506
Ḳolumbus, Ḳrisṭof, 1451-1506
コロン, クリストーバル, 1451-1506
コロンブス, 1451-1506
哥伦布, 1451-1506
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