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He was born in Genoa in the year 1451.
He came from a humble but wealthy family of weavers. For this reason Columbus never
He later wanted to talk about his childhood and that is why he is not known about him in this period of his life either. -
Son of Domeneghino Colombo and Susana Fontanarossa, he had two little brothers
Bartholomew and Diego. -
Christopher Columbus did not have a complete literary education, he only dedicated himself to sailing the Mediterranean Sea where he met countries like England, Iceland and Portugal traveling as a sailor and merchant. -
Married Felipa Moniz de Perestrello, daughter of one of the first
settlers from Porto Santo and noble family. For several years he worked in commerce and
He dealt with the people of the sea who were telling him many stories about the existence of
land beyond the sea During this time Columbus would make many voyages by ship.