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Genoa, if you ignore the debate among scholars, is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But after visiting the famed historic port, you might wonder why the explorer ever left.
Genoa, if you ignore the debate amongst scholars, is the birthplace of Christopher Columbus. But after visiting the famed historic port, you might wonder why the explorer ever left.
As everybody knows, Seville and Genoa both have claims on Christopher Columbus and both are hosting expositions this year. Spain’s “Expo 92” is an “international” exposition, while Italy ...
The people of Genoa knew of the Americas more than 150 years before Christopher Columbus arrived in the New World, according to research. Primary Menu Sections. US News.
To members of the city's Italian community, the 7,000-pound bronze gift from the residents of Genoa, Italy, Columbus' sister city, was more than just a statue of the city's namesake.
We know where Christopher Columbus is buried but not yet where he was born — till, likely, this October Researchers are working with DNA from Columbus’s body parts as well as from family ...
"COLUMBUS TO SAIL ONCE MORE -- A 20-foot statue of Christopher Columbus is placed on a pedestal in Genoa, Italy, prior to being loaded aboard the Italian liner Cristoforo Colombo for shipment to ...
Like many Americans, I learned the mythologized version of Christopher Columbus in elementary school — that he proved the Earth was round (he did not — it was common knowledge at the time), that he ...
MILAN (AP) — A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus' birthplace of Genoa is challenging a Florence library to be the custodian of the recently returned 1493 letter in which ...
Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of history’s most famous explorers. Researcher conducted over 22 years ...
A state maritime museum in Christopher Columbus' birthplace of Genoa has asked Italy's culture minister to let it become the custodian of the recently recovered 1493 letter in which the explorer ...