2007-03-01 07:54:20 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and maritime explorer credited as the discoverer of the Americas. He had noted in his lifetime that he was born in Genoa, Italy. His birth name was Cristoforo Colombo. He eventually became an admiral for the Crown of Castile. The name Christopher Columbus is the anglicization of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. Also well known are his name's rendering in modern Italian as Cristoforo Colombo and in Castillian Spanish as Cristóbal Colón.
Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean began a European effort at exploration and colonization of the Western Hemisphere. While history places great significance on his first voyage of 1492, he did not actually reach the mainland until his third voyage in 1498. Likewise, he was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, as there are accounts of European transatlantic contact prior to 1492. Nevertheless, Columbus's voyage came at a critical time of growing national imperialism and economic competition between developing nation states seeking wealth from the establishment of trade routes and colonies. Therefore, the period before 1492 is known as Pre-Columbian.
The anniversary of the 1492 voyage (vd. Columbus Day) is observed throughout the Americas and in Spain. Columbus has always been a divisive figure - contemporary perceptions of him at various royal courts, among the people living in the lands that he claimed for Spain, and even among his own followers and colleagues evidenced extreme disagreements about his actions and intentions. Competing historical interpretations of his life and legacy continue this tradition of discord.
2007-03-01 08:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by softball Queen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451.
2007-03-01 19:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by windy288 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cristoforo Colombo or in Spanish Cristóbal Colón was born between August 26 and October 31?, 1451, Genoa [Italy]
died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain.
2007-03-01 08:05:19 · answer #3 · answered by Catie I 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1451 Columbus is born in Genoa, the son of a prosperous wool merchant and weaver.
2007-03-01 07:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by Silly Girl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋