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Christopher Columbus was born on
31 October 1451 in Genoa, north-
western Italy. He was an explorer,
colonizer and navigator. His father
Domenico Colombo was a wool
weaver who worked both in Genoa
and Savona.
His mother, Susanna
Fontanarossa, was from
a noble family from
Lisbon, Portugal. Do-
menico, his father
taught his son all the
necessary skills
required to follow him
into his import and
export business of
woven textiles and
wine.
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In 1476, after being in the trade
for 6 years, Columbus began his
quest for a more adventurous life.
He left for Lisbon where he began
working for Genoese companies
that traded with northern Europe.
Christopher, soon fell in love with
Filipa Perestrelo, whom after mar-
rying, died tragically after giving
birth to their son Diego. Christo-
pher gave her the best possible
funeral he could afford.
Although he wasn't schol-
arly, with his father's help
Christopher read books
on astronomy, geography,
and navigation, which
would serve him well in
his later conquests. As a
young man he sailed the
Mediterranean tending to
the family business.
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He convinced Isabella that he would be able to find gold to pay
for a crusade to free Jerusalem of Saracen occupation. With the
money he acquired from these Catholic monarchs, Columbus
was able to fund 4 different expeditions across the Atlantic
ocean.
In 1484 Christopher ap-
proached King Joao II of Por-
tugal to fund an expedition to
Asia. The king's experts disa-
greed with Columbus' theory
and he was therefore denied
the money. He then chose to
leave for Spain and tried to
convince the Spanish mon-
archs Ferdinand and Isabella
to fund his travels.
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During his first voyage in 1492, instead of reaching Japan as
intended, Columbus landed in the Bahamas, at a locale he
named San Salvador. Columbus through his voyages visited
the Greater and Lesser Antilles, as well as the Caribbean
coast of Venezuela and Central America, claiming them for
the Spanish Empire.
Columbus was not the
first explorer to reach
the Americas but his
voyages certainly led to
the first lasting Euro-
pean contact with
America. This initiated a
period of European ex-
ploration and coloniza-
tion of foreign lands
that lasted for several
centuries. The Span-
iards therefore had a
great impact in the his-
torical development of
the modern Western
world.
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Columbus' strained ties with the
Spanish crown that led to his arrest
and dismissal as governor of the
newly acquired lands. He finally
died in 1506 amidst lawsuits
against the Spanish monarchy
asking for his share of the profits
from the new world.
Columbus saw his ac-
complishments primarily
in the light of spreading
the Christian religion,
though it is also said that
he had a hunger for
amassing wealth.
The End.
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