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So, about the origin place of 'Christopher Colon'...

posted 16 years ago by Nakaya
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Does anyone entertain the notion of him being, potentially, native from Portugal?

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[–] HP27 15 years ago

I'm portuguese and a lot of local authors and historians have factual proofs that he might be portuguese. One intriguing is that is from a village called "Cuba" in Alentejo district and that's why probably Columbus gave that name to the island of Cuba.

[–] dotdashdash 10 years ago

He has been claimed for pretty much every nation around the Mediterranean, but the predominant view, and the one best supported by evidence, is that he was from Genoa, as tradition has always held.