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he was born in the Republic of Genoa, Italy.
he fathers name was domenico colombo and his mothers maidain name was susanna fontanarossa.
Christopher Columbus had three younger brothers called Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo. He also had a sister called Bianchinetta -
The family moved to Savona and Christopher Columbus travelled the seas as a pirate, or Privateer, attacking ships belonging to the Moors
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olumbus first went to sea as a teenager, participating in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas.
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Christopher Columbus joined his brother Bartholomew in Lisbon to work as a cartographer
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Christopher Columbus married a noblewoman called Felipa Perestrello Moniz.
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Christopher Columbus and Felipa have a son called Diego Colon
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Columbus meets Dona Beatriz Enriquez de Arana from Cordova in Spain who he marries
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Columbus again appeals to King Ferdinand of Spain for patronage but he was again refused
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain finally agree to act as patrons to Christopher Columbus and provide money and ships
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Christopher Columbus dies at the Spanish court at Valladolid