The+origins+of+Christopher+Colombus.

=**__-The Origins Of Christopher Colombus .__**= =**.__When was he born ?__**=

**- He was born between 22 of August and 31 of October 1451 .**
=**.__Where was he born ?__**=

**-He was born in Republic of Genoa, in present - day " Italy "**
=**.__Colombus childhood and family .__**= ==**-His father was Domenico Colombo, a middle-class wool weaver who worked both in Genoa and** Savona **and who also owned a** cheese **stand at which young Christopher worked as a helper. Christopher's mother was** Susanna Fontanarossa**. Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino and Giacomo were his brothers. Bartolomeo worked in a** cartography **workshop in** Lisbon **for at least part of his adulthood.**== ==**Columbus never wrote in his native language, which is presumed to have been a Genoese variety of Ligurian. In one of his writings, Columbus claims to have gone to the sea at the age of 10. In 1470 the Columbus family moved to Savona, where Domenico took over a tavern. In the same year, Columbus was on a Genoese ship hired in the service of René I of Anjou** **to support his attempt to conquer the Kindom of Naples. Some modern historians have argued that Columbus was not from Genoa, but instead, from Catalonia, Portugal, or Spain. These competing hypotheses have generally been discounted by mainstream scholars.**==

==**- In 1473 Columbus began his apprenticeship as business agent for the important Centurione, Di Negro and** Spinola Families **of Genoa. Later he allegedly made a trip to** __Chios__**, a Genoese colony in the Aegean sea. In May 1476, he took part in an armed convoy sent by Genoa to carry a valuable cargo to northern Europe. He docked in Bristol, England; Galway, Ireland and was possibly in I**celand **in 1477. In 1479 Columbus reached his brother Bartolomeo in** __Lisbon__**, while continuing trading for the Centurione family. He married** __Filipa Moniz__**, daughter of the Porto Santo governor and Portuguese nobleman of Genoese origin. In 1479 or 1480, his son Diego Colombus was born. Between 1482 and 1485 Columbus traded along the coasts of West Africa, reaching the Portuguese trading post of** __Elmina__ **at the Guinea coast. Some records report that Filipa died in 1485. It is also speculated that Columbus may have simply left his first wife. In either case Columbus found a** __mistress__ **in Spain in 1487, a 20-year-old orphan named** Beatriz Enrique de Arana.==