What was Christopher Columbus early life like?

Answer 1

complicated man

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy around 1451. Little is known about his early life, but it is believed that he came from a middle-class family and received some education in navigation and geography. He began his seafaring career at a young age, eventually gaining experience sailing in the Mediterranean and possibly the Atlantic before his famous voyages to the Americas.

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus was a mean greedy man who was only tolerated by many people especially by the king and queen. the only reason queen Isabella gave him the ships was because he waited multiple years until the war was over.

Answer 4

Christopher Columbus was a greedy, arrogant, cruel man who only quested for the Americas for personal gain. Current school systems have portrayed a larger than life image of Columbus. His greed and cruelty are shown in his claim that he was the first person to sight the Americas, since there was a substantial reward from Queen Isabella to the person who spotted new land, when the actual sighter of land was a lookout named Rodrigo. Columbus's cruelty was also shown in his treatment of the natives of the Americas. He enslaved and eventually killed off the original natives of the land he discovered.

Answer 5

im guessing he was a nice person with a good personality and a good sence of homor with all that he was propaly a very nice man and treated people with the respect they disereve

Answer 6

courageous

dedicated to his task

perseverant

bold

selfish

racist

mean

Answer 7

Chris always dreamed of being a super cool sailor dude. When he was little he'd take trips with them and stuff. That's about all I know.

Answer 8

His life was very normal and received a good education.........

Columbus spent some of his early life at his fathers trade of weaving and later became a soldier.

Answer 9

He was a mean greedy little man who was after fame and wealth. His journal reads of a man only interested in gold.