Columbuse kronoloogia
Chronology of Christopher Columbus
· Buried in Seville (officially)
· Written sources in Spain, Italy, France and United States
· Born in 1451
· Birthplace: Genoa
· Parents: Domenico Colombo ( worked as a master wool weaver, he also kept a tavern,
dabbled in real estate and was a partisan for the mighty Fregoso family, who gave
Domenico a gatekeeper's job.) and Susanna Fontanarossa
· Christopher helped his father from work, he learned to trade
· Learned to write in young age
· In 1479- a lawsuit over a sugar, where Columbus was a Genoese agent in transaction
with Portugal
· In 1470- Columbus starts as a seafarer (merchant). Also he predicted storms, winds.
He developed in sea area (reading charts, calculating complex time-speed-distance
equation).