Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 while living in Genoa, Italy. He was the oldest son to his mother Susanna Fontanarossa and his father Domenico Colombo, and he also had 2 younger brothers (Bartholomew and Diego). Christopher Columbus did not have a lot of education from school, but he was very knowledgeable because he was a self-taught man.…
Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in Genoa, Italy where he was also raised. While still in his teenage years he involved himself in sailing. He worked on a merchant ship until he was 19 years old. He then began to study mathematics, astronomy, cartography and navigation.…
Christopher Columbus was born between August 26 and October 31 in 1451 and died on May 20, 1526, in Genoa, Italy. He did not set out on a voyage to prove the world was round. In fact, he was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally stumbled upon the Americas.…
Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in Genoa, Italy to a wool merchant. Growing up in the Republic of Genoa, Columbus began his sailing career, but in 1477 he was hired as a merchant mariner for King John II of Portugal.…
Christopher Columbus (Figure 1) was the explorer and navigator who discover the Americas to the medieval world. Columbus was born in 1451 BCE in Genoa to Domenico Columbus who was a middle class wool weaver. In his early life, Christopher Columbus worked with his dad, but eventually when he was a teenager he began to work for a sea merchant and remained at sea until 1476, during this time he studied maps and books which convinced him that he could reach land by sailing westward across the ocean. In 1476 he was shipwrecked but managed to float to shore. After being shipwrecked, Columbus made his way to Lisbon where his brother, who was an expert chart maker, lived. Columbus too became a chart maker for a small period of time. When he was 31-32…
Christopher Columbus was born October 31st in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa which is now part of Italy. As a child he helped with his father’s cheese stand. According to Biography.com…
Christopher Columbus was born on a date before October 31st, 1451, in Genoa, which is part of modern day Italy. He had a family that consisted of his mother (Susanna Fontanarossa), his father (Domenico Colombo), three brothers and a sister. It is claimed that Columbus had gotten some early training in the field of boating, stating that he was out at sea by the age of ten. In 1470, he found himself as a hired hand on a ship whose destination and mission was to conquer the Kingdom of Naples. In the year 1473, Christopher Columbus became an apprentice as a business agent for a few important families of Genoa. While in this apprenticeship, Columbus would get the opportunity to travel to many different lands (including England, Ireland, and most likely Iceland.) and learn many different customs and languages.…
Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy on October 31, 1451 and died on May 20, 1506 at age 54. His father, Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother's name was Susanna Fontanarossa. Columbus first went to sea as a teen getting involved in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean seas. Christopher Columbus’s first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean in 1476 almost ended his life as the ship he was sailing with was attacked by French privateers off the coast of Portugal. Columbus’s ship was burned and destroyed and Columbus had to swim to the Portuguese shore and make his way to Lisbon, Portugal, where he eventually got settled and married a woman named Felipa Perestrello…
St. Nicholas died on December 6, 343 AD and was buried in Myra. His bones were later moved to Bari, Italy in 1087. He was canonized a saint long before the Roman Catholic Church did the ordinary canonization process (Catholic Online). It is also said that every year on December 6, his feast day, a clear watery liquid, called Manna, is sweat out of his bones…
Cabeza de Vaca experienced many changes throughout the years he spent with the natives, both in himself and in his view of the native people. At first, his opinion and relationship with the indians was not a good one. However, after receiving much help from them during the difficult times in their expedition, his respect for the native people grew. Also, after getting lost and having to survive alone in the wilderness with no food, he changed significantly as a man. He somehow kept himself alive for five days alone in the wilderness, and he definitely showed a change after this.…
The world is full of many explorers, much of many who honestly are unqualified and are worthless, as explorers. In contrast, once they do a single thing that is miraculous and they change the entire perspective of who they are and what they are really capable of. Out of any explorer out there my explorer is beyond the best explorer, not only for what he has done, but for his very own name. My explorers name is Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca, which in contrast from every other explorer has the coolest and weirdest name out there. For many of you who don’t necessarily know what Cabeza de Vaca means, it means Cow head. Although his name was weird and funny catching, he also was the first to do much of many things, like being the first European to describe America from Florida through Arizona. His writing is the oldest out of any other about history we have of the Native Americans, and he set out the stage for the conquest of this continent.…
St Leo carried the church in hard times. He ensured the safety of his people against frequent barbarian invasions and attacks. Leo went to Gaul to try to make peace between two imperial…
St Francis of Assisi ' personal qualities were simplicity of life, non-violence, humbleness and love of the creation. He is a good role model for our current materialistic status.…
Saint William of York remains an excellent role model even hundreds of years after he lived and was canonized a saint. Throughout his traumatic lifetime, William never failed to lose hope in becoming the archbishop of York, even though it took about 14 years to actually earn the title. His perseverance is vital to his appearance as a role model because without his diligence, William would have never become the successful Archbishop he was at the end of his life. People should look up to Saint William because it appears that recently, society makes it seem okay to give up on your dreams and what you are passionate about; Saint William reminds us that if we stick to our goals, we will be rewarded. Furthermore, a few months after William was elected the Archbishop of York, he was killed in a baffling way by one of the Archdeacons of York by poisoning the chalice used in mass. This strange death is relatable to people who…
The name “Christopher” means Christ-bearer, alluding to the legend of the man carrying the Christ Child across the river. Saint Christopher…