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2006-11-11 23:41:15 · 12 answers · asked by LongAgo 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I believe Columbus was Genoan because Sister Mary Immaculata told me so when I was in 4th grade.
Like many nuns, she was about 500 years old, so there's a good possibility she knew Columbus personally. She would know.
2006-11-12 02:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by Rick N 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa. The honor of his birth-place has been claimed by many villages in that Republic, and the house in which he was born cannot be pointed out with certainty till date. But the best authorities agree that the children and grown people of the world have never been mistaken when they said: “America was discovered in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, a native of Genoa.”
His name, and that of his family, is always written Colombo, in the Italian papers which refer to them, for more than one hundred years before his time. In Spain it was always written Colon; in France it was written as Colomb; while in England it has always kept its Latin form, Columbus. It has frequently been said that he himself assumed this form, because Columba is the Latin word for “Dove,” with a fanciful feeling that, in carrying Christian light to the West, he had taken the mission of the dove. Thus, he had first found land where men thought there was ocean, and he was the messenger of the Holy Spirit to those who sat in darkness. It has also been assumed that he took the name of Christopher, “the Christ-bearer,” for similar reasons. But there is no doubt that he was baptized “Christopher,” and that his family name had long been Columbo. The coincidences of name are but two more in a calendar in which poetry delights, and of which history is full.
2006-11-12 00:12:55 · answer #2 · answered by Randy 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
He is not "Italian" per se because there was no country of Italy then. He was from the Republic of Genoa which many years later became part of a country called Italy.
Hope this helps.
2006-11-12 01:14:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
somebody had to get credit for locating this place, soooo, Cris have been given the credit---he did come close to to usa, he did enable anybody be attentive to that there replaced into so lots extra to the international than others theory, and he made a number of voyages to the section. He sailed for Spain reason the Queen replaced into the only person who could sponser him---Viva usa, Viva Cris--
2016-12-14 05:45:45 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was born in Genoa, which is in Italy.
The question arises as to why he went to Spain to start his trip. That has never been answered, but I think that the answer lies partly in the fact that the Mediterranean was controlled by Barbary Pirates and he needed open access to the Atlantic to start. Otherwise he and his crews may have been captured and sold into Slavery in Africa.
2006-11-12 04:43:02 · answer #5 · answered by Polyhistor 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Since he was born in Italy, he was probably Italian. Just a guess.
2006-11-12 01:08:37 · answer #6 · answered by stevewbcanada 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
He was Italian even if he sailed for Spain. If they took everything that wasn't absolutely certain out of the history books... we wouldn't be learning too much history.
2006-11-12 00:51:34 · answer #7 · answered by abby 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because u have old text
2006-11-12 03:12:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Wasn't he from Barcelona?
2006-11-11 23:43:17 · answer #9 · answered by Isis 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Because He probably was.
2006-11-11 23:43:18 · answer #10 · answered by WC 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋