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Christopher Columbus, the son of a wool merchant, is believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. He remained at sea...
Christopher Columbus Early Life - Columbus was born on October 31st in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa. The city-state of Genoa was a major center during the Renaissance and developed along the coast of the northwestern section of the Italian peninsula nex
Little is known of Columbus’s early life. The vast majority of scholars, citing Columbus’s testament of 1498 and archival documents from Genoa and Savona, believe that he was born in Genoa to a Christian household; however, it has been claimed that he was a converted Jew or that he was born in Spain, Portugal, or elsewhere.
Columbus's early life is obscure, but scholars believe he was born in the Republic of Genoa between 25 August and 31 October 1451. [12] His father was Domenico Colombo , a wool weaver who worked in Genoa and Savona , and owned a cheese stand at which young Christopher worked.
Little is known of Columbus' early life (though he claims to have been sailing by age ten) but, by the time he was 20 years old, he was already experienced at seamanship (having traveled to Iceland and the Aegean Sea) and, by 1476 CE, he was entrusted with his own command of a trading vessel.
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americas on a 1492 expedition. Learn about his landing spot, route, ships, and more.
Biography Early Life Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, part of present-day Italy, in 1451. His parents’ names were Dominico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. He had three brothers: Bartholomew, Giovanni, and Giacomo; and a sister named Bianchinetta.