Genoa

The Introduction of "The Travels" states that "to western Christendom the world [Marco Polo] revealed was almost wholly unknown." However, in the introduction he mentions the Franciscan travelers we’ve already encountered this semester. Ronald Latham, who wrote the introduction and is the translator of the book, acknowledges the two Franciscans and their journeys, but states that their finding were interesting but not very encouraging. Marco Polo was not the first to travel to Crimea (known as…

astronomical discoveries, including the first observations of Saturn's moons. For this reason, the Cassini spacecraft was named after him. It was launched in 1997 and plunged into the planet in 2017. Born on June 8, 1625, in Perinaldo, Republic of Genoa (now Italy), he was given the name Giovanni Domenico by his parents, Jacopo Cassini and Julia Crovesi. However he also used the name Gian Domenico Cassini, and after he moved to France as an adult, he changed his name to the French version —…

Columbus, world hero or dark minded villain? In 1451 a soon to be hero was born unto the world in genoa Italy. Christopher Columbus the eldest son of Christian family father Domenico Columbo, and wool worker and merchant mother Susanna Fantanarossa. But it is said that Columbus had converted to the Jewish faith sometime in his life (New Haven). As Columbus grew up in the sea the city of Genoa he very much enjoyed sailing. At the age of fourteen, Columbus, his father, his two brothers…

Columbus and his Voyage to America Christopher Columbus was the son of a weaver who lived in Genoa, Italy. When he was younger he never really had experience around the sea. But, when he was a teenager he got his first chance to go on a sea voyage. He then participated in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. On one of his voyages, to the island of Khios, in modern day Greece, actually brought him as close as he would ever get to Asia. He was a part of several other…

Italian maritime states like Venice, Genoa and Pisa greatly benefitted from the Crusades as they were the major states that supplied the transportation, equipment, management, and loans to myriads of northern knights that went to the Holy Land from the states’ ports (Bartlett, p. 26). These Italian states helped transport armies of men and equipment across the Mediterranean, which helped cultivate the maritime. Moreover, states like Venice, Pisa and Genoa gained advantages from the Crusades as…

17 years before returning to Venice. Since he was working for Khan, Polo ruled one of his cities. After Polo went to Khan’s daughter’s wedding in Persia, he, his dad, and his uncle returned to Venice. When they got home, they found out Venice and Genoa were at war. Polo was soon captured and eventually became a prisoner of…

of Clermont (1095) and their lack of support to Pope Urban’s project, the quest for power in Rome came to a crucial turning point after the Great Schism. Pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) initiated a new conception of the Church and the role of the papacy within it. His ideas and reforms about the supremacy of the Roman pontiff and that the popes were responsible for the right order in the world, which could only be obtained through righteous Christian violence directed by the papacy, forms the basis…

are Charles Lindbergh and Christopher Columbus. Charles “Slim” Lindbergh was born February 4, 1902, in Detroit, Michigan. “Lucky Lindy” was infamous for winning the Orteig Prize in late May of 1927. Christopher Columbus was born October 1, 1451, in Genoa, Italy. Columbus was an explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Lindbergh and Columbus are both important men in history; even though 400 years separate Lindbergh and Columbus’ times, both men had goals they wanted to achieve, trials and…

the Greeks, who were considered trailblazers Economic and Political Developments/Commercial Developments  Florence was the heart of the Art Renaissance  Northern city-states like Venice, Milan, and Genoa grew wealthy because they had access to the seas and the Middle Eastern trade routes  Genoa and Venice made faster ships by using the innovations of the Middle East. It allowed them to ship more goods better economy  During the Late 1200s, Florence’s merchants and bankers controlled…

Columbus statue should be taken down, because it symbolizes hate and slavery. It shows slavery, because Christopher Columbus took Indians in and made them his slaves. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He was born in 1451, in the republic Genoa. He later Went to Lisbon, portugal then later went to Spain, where he pitched the idea of trying to find a better way to transfer goods. Christopher Columbus set to sail and was looking for India. Instead, he found America, but he thought…