CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
(1436-1506).[1]
COLUMBUS AS A BOY.(From the statue in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.)
1. Birth and boyhood of Columbus.—Christopher Columbus,[2] the discoverer of America, was born at Genoa,[3] a seaport of Italy, more than four hundred and fifty years ago. His father was a wool-comber.[4] Christopher did not care to learn that trade, but wanted to become a sailor. Seeing the boy's strong liking for...
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