I know he sailed under the Spanish flag and American websites quote Italy........there must be Italians or Spaniards who know for sure........
2007-12-08 10:43:42 · 8 answers · asked by eaglekiwi_13 3 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Portugal
OK, He could be Italian, Spanish or Portuguese nobody knows. He lived in Portugal (Azores) and married a Portuguese rich lady. he sailed under the Spanish flag to discover north America but some people thinks his knowledge come from the Portuguese and that he already sailed to north America on a Portuguese boat that sink near the Azores. Portuguese reach north America first and there is a rock in the U.S. written by Portuguese that proves that.
2007-12-10 12:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by MIG 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italy
2007-12-08 10:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Kai 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's been (and there are) lots of speculation about about Colombo being Spaniards and not Italian, but no definitive proof till now; DNA examimation on (supposed) Colombo remains resulted inconclusive, because of DNA decay.
So, till now Cristoforo Colombo is considered from Genoa, Italy.
2007-12-08 11:09:56 · answer #3 · answered by Pinguino 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christopher columbus was born on 20 may 1451 and died 1506. It is believed he was born in Genoa, Italy.
2007-12-10 05:11:55 · answer #4 · answered by leigha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genoa Italy has a monument at the site of which was the house where he is reputed to have been born.
2007-12-08 11:49:02 · answer #5 · answered by cimra 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bottom line, you can read all u want. ull end up taking the part of the country you most relate too. over 500 years after the events, its almost imposible to say were he was surely from.
2007-12-09 09:39:56 · answer #6 · answered by João G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one knows for sure. Ask an Italian or Spanish person and you will get two answers. Christos Columbus is a Greek name so we claim him also.
2007-12-08 13:44:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
italy
2007-12-09 22:14:18 · answer #8 · answered by angelioana 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋