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Columbus first took to the sea when he was 14 years old.
a family of wool weaver As a child he helped his father at the loom.his brother work in a cartography workshop in Lisbon. -
in 1473 Columbus began his apprenticeship as business agent for the important Centurione and his family's names are Susanna Fontanarossa, Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino, and Giacomo information about Columbus years is scarce. Columbus family moved to Savona.
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Christopher Columbus and Felipa have a son called Diego Colon
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Christopher Columbus fails to gain the patronage the King of Portugal to enable him search for a trade route to the Indies
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Felipa dies of consumption and Christopher Columbus moves to Cadiz in Spain where he opens another shop supplying maps and charts
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Columbus meets Dona Beatriz Enriquez de Arana from Cordova in Spain who he marries
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Works in the service of the Duke of Medina Celi, Don Luis de la Cerda
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Christopher and Dona Beatriz Enriquez have a son called Ferdinand ( 1488 - 1539), better known as Fernando
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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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