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Why does it say christoper Columbus was Spanish if he was born in Italy?
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∙ 13y ago
Christopher Columbus was an Italian employed by the king and queen of Spain. In those days a person did not have citizenship in a particular country in the same way they do today.
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What is Columbus birthplace?
Columbus was born in Santa Margarita, Italy.
Is Christoper Columbus the first Hispanic on earth?
No. Hispanics are generally of a mixed decent from Spanish colonists and Native Americans. Columbus was Italian, not Spanish. He was born in Europe and was of European descent. Although he explored parts of the Caribbean, he never actually lived there.
What country was Columbus was born in?
Christopher Columbus was born in Italy.
Was Christoper Columbus a spainard?
There is significant evidence suggesting Columbus was, in fact, a Spaniard even though legend holds that he was from Genoa, Italy. - Correspondences with his brother were in Spanish. (If they were Italian, wouldn't they have written in Italian?) - Correspondences with his bankers in Genoa, Italy were in Spanish. (If Columbus were Italian, why would he communicate with his Italian bankers in Spanish?) - Columbus never claimed to be from Genoa, and in fact was always vague about where he was from. Although the myth said he went to sea as a young adult, his own writings claimed he went to sea as a boy. - There is evidence of a merchant family named Colon (the accepted Spanish version of Columbus) which was on the wrong end of some internal political strife in Spain, so disguising his origins would be in his self-interest when approaching the royal court for backing of his expeditions.
From where is Christopher Columbus?
Christopher Columbus is from the Genoan Republic, near Italy Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy in 1451.
Was Christopher Columbus born 1451 in Italy?
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, part of modern Italy.
Where was Christopter Columbus born?
(:he was born in Italy:)
Where was cristerpher Columbus born?
Christopher Columbus was born in he Republic of Genoa, Italy.
Where is Christopher Columbus?
Christopher Columbus is from the Genoan Republic, near Italy Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa Italy in 1451.
When was Christoper Puckett born?
Christoper Puckett was born in 1970.
Were is Christopher Columbus from?
He was born in italy
Where was Christer Columbus born?
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa or, present-day Italy.
