What nationality was Columbus?

Answer 1

Although many cities such as Castile, and Aragon (Spain) and Catalonia (Italy), claim Christopher Columbus as their own. It is believed that he was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. The reason he sailed from Spain and conquered the land in the name of the Spanish Monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille was simply because they financed his voyages. History is not clear whether he was naturalized as citizen of Spain or whether or not he returned to Portugal where he had married and settled prior to his voyage adventure. However, his brother Diego Columbus is believed to have become Spaniard. He died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid, Spain. His remains were later tranferred to the monastery of La Cartuja in Seville, then to Santo Domingo in 1542. But after the French colonized Republica Dominicana, his remains were transferred to Havana, Cuba. After Cuba became independent following the Spanish-American War in 1898, his remains were moved back to the Cathedral of Seville, where they were placed on an elaborate catafalque. However, a lead box bearing an inscription identifying "Don Christopher Columbus" and containing fragments of bone and a bullet was discovered at Santo Domingo in 1877. To lay to rest claims that the wrong relics were moved to Havana and that Columbus is still buried in the cathedral of Santo Domingo, DNA samples were taken in June 2003. Results announced in May 2006 show that at least some of Columbus' remains rest in Seville, but authorities in Santo Domingo have not allowed the exhuming of the body.

Answer 2

What Nationality Was Columbus

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus was Italian.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Santo Domingo may be the capital of the Dominican Republic and the oldest European city in the Americas and if you want to see one of the UNESCO World Heritage List then, that hotelbye may be the place. Santo Domingo is just a collage of cultures and neighborhoods. It's where the seems of life, domino pieces slapped on tables, backfiring mufflers and horns from disorderly traffic. In the center of the town is the Zona Colonial, where you'll find one of the oldest churches and the oldest surviving European. Also, in the Zona Colonial you will discover Gazcue, one of many city's oldest neighborhoods, filled with previous Victorian properties and tree-lined streets.

Answer 6

Italian

Answer 7

Portuguese.

Answer 8

Genovese/Genoan - there was no "Italy" at the time.
("Italy" wasn't united till 1870, when the last of the Papal States, including Rome itself, apart from the Vatican, were conquered)
I believe he tried to get funding from Genoa and the Papal States (then including so much more territory than just the Vatican City!), but failed.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of "Spain" (joint monarchs) had just finished conquering the last Muslim stronghold (Grenada) in what is now today's Spain. Isabella - more than Ferdinand - wanted something to mark the succes of the creation/re-creation of a united country, and a short route to the East Indies, avoiding the Muslim strongholds in Africa and the Arabian Penninsula, would be a good propaganda feat. She funded him - supposedly pawning her own crown and jewels.

Answer 9

Most history researchers believe he was Italian. He gets associated with Spain due to his association with Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand the Second.

Answer 10

Portugese