Christopher Colunbus

Date Submitted: 07/08/2004 16:36:02
Category: / Literature / Biographies
Length: 8 pages (2175 words)
Christopher Columbus was born between August and the end of October of the year 1451. His birthplace was an ancient city of Genoa. His father and grandfather were both woolen weavers who moved from town to town of the Genoese Republic for at least three generations. Due to his facial features, red hair, and tall stature it may suggest that he was more of "barbarian" rather than "Latin" blood. Although, there really isn't any reason not …
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…didn't stop there; in the end he had completed four successful voyages to America. America's whole history stems from these Four Voyages that Columbus completed. Because of his discoveries, explorers later came from all over Europe and developed the "melting pot" that we live in today. He was defiantly a man who changed history for all of us. He did in deed earn the title; destined from the beginning, the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea".
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