Did Christoper Columbus Speak Spanish?

Question

Just wondering...

that's funny betty i thought the selfish people on the ships who gave disease ridden blankes ruined it...you know the ones who would kill whole tribes and wait for retaliation so they could use it as an excuse to irradicate the "savages"
huh.. imagine

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy and named Cristofero Colombo. Cristofero means "Christ-bearer" and Colombo means "dove" a symbol of the Holy Spirit. His native language was Italian of the dialect spoken in Genoa. He spoke Spanish rather poorly, and wrote in a rather strange form of Latin, signing his name 'xpo ferens'.

He did not sell slaves, although he did bring several with him. He did not ruin the US, because he never put a foot on any part of the 50 states. He did visit Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

Slavery was not Columbus' idea. It is approved of in the Bible (both testaments). It is silly to impose XXI Century morality on XV Century men like Columbus, just as you would think it would be silly to you for him to consider your computer a form of witchcraft.

Answer 2

Cristoforo means Christopher and Colombo means pigeon, this is a common northern Italian surname.
He spoke Genovese, that wasn't a dialect of Italian, it is a romance language older than Italian.
He traveled along with Spanish, I don't think he spoke Spanish rather poorly, probably he spoke Spanish much better than Italian, that wasn't the native language of Colombo. Bear in mind that Italian is an artificial language born around 1300s to replace Latin, until the end of 1800 very few people spoke Italian, Italy wasn't a country until 1860, until 1930-40 Italians prefer speaking their real mothertongues over Italian, if I were him I would have learnt Spanish.

Answer 3

The history of all international locations is affected by way of renowned adult men and girls folk of questionable character, and that i do no longer care to get caught up in arguing over no count number if or no longer Columbus could be held individually to blame for the destruction of nearby custom. in spite of the undeniable fact that, i do no longer see why the guy desires a nationwide trip for attempting to sail around the Atlantic to China and stumbling onto the recent international instead. i'm particular it required large bravery, yet so did the acts of countless others for whom no trip exists, and it particularly is already been shown that he wasn't the 1st eu to make it here. All issues considered, I say drop it. possibly replace the date and rename it Explorers' Day, or some thing else that each and every person individuals can have fun.

Answer 4

Wiki "Christopher Columbus" and you'll find that he actually *wrote* in Spanish, so yes, he spoke it. But since Latin was the language of educated people then, so he may have spoken to the Spanish Queen in Latin, to really impress her.

Answer 5

Probably, but he could have used a translator to ask Queen Isabella to pay for his trip to the new world. He, I believe, was Italian married to a Portuguese woman.

Answer 6

Of course.Enough spanish to convince the queen and the king of Spain for the money of the adventure.

Answer 7

I suppose it is possible, since I expect he was relatively well educated.

Of course, being an Italian serving a Portugese Queen, it wouldn't necessarily have been so.

Answer 8

Probably, but he was from Genoa, Italy... so I'm sure he spoke Italian way better than Spanish.

Answer 9

Although he may be Portuguese, he did after all work for the Spanish Crown, and by necessary implication, spoke Spanish.

Answer 10

yeah but latin was also used.
hes italian?? lol damn my history needs rechecking... i thought his origin was unsure? :X haha, anyways he lived where im from! (madeira, portugal) which is kinda cool