In 1451 Susanna Fontanarossa, wife of Domenico Colombo gave birth to their fist child Christoforo Colombo, in the city of Genoa. Since he was the fist born he was the oldest of his three brothers and one sister. His three brothers were Giovanni, Bartolomeo, and Giacomo. The name of his one sister was Bianchinetta.

Since Columbus grew up in one of the major port cities in Genoa Columbus grew up knowing a lot about the sea. Columbus had his first taste of the sea in when he was twenty-five years o

ld in 1476. He saw how treacherous the sea could get at times. While he was on his first time out at sea through the strait of Gibraltar, the French attacked him and the people on the ship. It was a horrible battle, with both side suffering and both sides had much lost. The vessel that Columbus was on sunk, so Columbus had to try to swim to the nearest land and that ended up to be Portugal. Columbus was really lucky that he even made it to land and did not die. That was an experience that Columbus never forgot.

Columbus married again into nobility, which was very important to his quest to sail the open sea. He married Beatriz Enrique and conceived their second child Fernando. Fernando grew up to be his father's biographer and historian charting the life and times of his father. He had two successful sons, both intelligent.

On the day of May 20, 1506 Columbus pasted away in Valladolid a city in Spain. Since the death of Columbus, there have many myths said about him, like where he lies dead at this point of time. To this day in time there is no uncertainty to where he lies. What I think about peopl

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