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Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He was born on October 31, 1451 in Genoa Italy. Christopher Columbus’s parents were middle class people. Columbus’s father was named Domenico Columbus. Domenico was born in 1414 in Genoa. Domenico was a wool weaver all of his life and he loved where he lived. Christopher’s mom was named Susanna Fontanarossa. Fontanarossa was born in 1435 in Genoa. She was a wool weaver as well. Christopher Columbus started sailing as a teenager. He would participate in trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. Columbus would go sailing all the time as a kid, he said he wanted to be an explorer since he was a young child. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. On his first voyage…

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa near a North Italian port in 1451. His birth name was Christoforo Colombo (Reid 6). When Christopher Columbus was nineteen, his mother died (Baker 35). Christopher Columbus was a weaver with his father, and then he became a sailor of the Mediterranean (“Christopher Columbus”). He always said that one day he would be the captain of his own ship (Baker 29). In 1480, Columbus married Felipa Parestrello e Moniz, at the age of twenty-nine years old. She was the…

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 he was “the son of a weaver from the Italian port of Genoa” (Boyer, 36). Columbus became obsessed with finding a Western route to the Indies-India and Southwest Asia. With such a long journey ahead he needed to find somebody who could fund his journey. He seeked patronage from King John II but he rejected his plan. So he left Portugal to go to Spain to seek support from Isabella and Ferdinand. He was once again rejected. So he made his way back to Portugal…

Christopher Columbus was born between October 31, 1450 and October 30, 1451. No one really knows his true birth date. He resided with his father, mother, three brothers, and one sister. His father was a middle class wool weaver and owned his own cheese stand. Columbus worked at this stand while he was a juvenile. Columbus enjoyed writing, but for some reason he never seemed to write in his native language, which was thought to be a Genoese variety of Ligurian. While he was a teenager, he worked…

Navigator, Jacques Cartier was born 1491 west of the port of Saint-Malo. Jacques Cartier was a very respectable navigator/mariner that sailed multiple times across many lands in order to find new land. Jacques Cartier become very well known when he married Mary Catherine a women that was in a very good leading family In 1530 Jacques Cartier is also very well known in the in the port of Saint-Malo as he was born near there. First Voyage In 1534 In 1534 around two years after the Duchy of…

“One might wonder what John Cabot and Christopher Columbus have in common. Both were born in Liverpool, England. Cabot was born in 1405, but his birth certificate was lost at sea and no one knows for sure.” John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto. He did not change his name. Giovanni Caboto is the Italian version of his name. John Cabot is the English version. He was born in Genoa, Italy around 1450. His father was a spice merchant. His fathers name was Giulio or Egidius Caboto. When Cabot was…

Through the many statues commissioned by Col. John Hicks and the pamphlet that he directed and wrote (published posthumously), civilians glean a better understanding of the city’s purpose in erecting a Chief Oshkosh monument. Rather than working with Menominee tribal leaders to determine the best public monument to honor Chief Oshkosh’s life and Menominee history, Chief Oshkosh’s story becomes a conduit for a movement that prioritizes beautifying public spaces rather than educating the public.…

When he was there the Kublai Khan though Marco useful and employed him. While there he was a special, the tax inspector of Yanzhou, the official of the Privy Council, and at one point he was the governor of a city. After 17 years of living in the Kublai Court they returned home to Italy. When they returned Marco joined the war between Venice and Genoa. Soon after he was captured and thrown into Genoa jail. One of his cell mates was Rustichello, a famous romance novelist. Marco shared to him…

These problems develop through the story of a rich, handsome man named Guido, who is consumed with vanity. Shelley illustrates these traits throughout the story as Guido transforms both physically and emotionally. His tale of misfortune commences in Genoa with his childhood friend turned lover Juliet, and continues with his journey to Paris where he inevitably squanders his inheritance on material objects. Guido’s reckless spending results in a decline in both his wealth and status, which…

The kimbell museum located in Fort worth texas, widely recognized for its different art pieces it houses. The kimbell hosts an art collection as well as traveling art exhibitions, educational programs and an extensive research library. With the Kimbell having an impressive art collection, the Kimbell may need a more impressive building to house everything. But before we get into the building we need to know the people who designed it. Louis Kahn was born in Pärnu, Estonia, on February…