"lasted until 1409, when the republic was ruled by the Marquis of Montferrat until 1413. The Duke of Milan Filippo Maria Visconti took power of the weakened republic between 1421 and 1435. During the 1450s and 1460s, the Republic became a pawn in the struggle between France and Aragon for power and influence in Italy. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa 1451, but sought a career elsewhere. Threatened by Alfonso V of Aragon, the Doge of Genoa in 1458 handed the Republic over to the French, making it the Duchy of Genoa under the control of John of Anjou, a"
"Columbus, Kansas Columbus is the second largest city and county seat of Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, 15 miles south-southwest of Pittsburg. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,312. The first settlement was made at Columbus in 1868. The first post office in Columbus was established in 1869. Columbus was a railroad junction for the Saint Louis and San Francisco, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroads. It was named Columbus by A.L. Peters, one of the European-American founders, for his hometown of Columbus, Ohio; the name thus indirectly honors Christopher Columbus, the explorer. Coal, lead and"
"Columbus, North Dakota Columbus is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 133 at the 2010 census. Columbus was founded in 1906. Both this town and nearby Larson were named for an early postmaster who served the area (Columbus Larson), making it possibly the only town so named that was not named for Christopher Columbus. Columbus is located at 48º54'N 102º47'W (48.9045, -102.7815). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2010, there were 133 people, 65 households, and 44 families"
"Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent which was not then known to the Old World. While what he thought he had discovered was a route to the Far East, he is credited with the opening of the Americas"
"65 or over. Columbus, New York Columbus is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 975 at the 2010 census. Columbus is in the northeast corner of the county and is northeast of Norwich. The area of Columbus was first settled around 1791. The town was formed in 1805 from the town of Brookfield (now in Madison County). Additional territory was obtained from the town of Norwich in 1807. The Columbus Community Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Famous companies at Columbus include the makers of Chobani Yogurt and"
"it is Ohio's second-largest metropolitan area. Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County. The municipality has also annexed portions of adjoining Delaware, Pickaway and Fairfield counties. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812 at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers, and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816. The city has a diverse economy based on education, government, insurance, banking, defense, aviation, food, clothes, logistics, steel, energy, medical research, health care, hospitality, retail, and technology. Columbus is home to the Battelle Memorial Institute, the world's largest private research and development foundation; Chemical"
"Domenico Colombo Domenico Colombo (English: Dominic Columbus, Genoese: Domenego Corombo) (1418–1496) was the father of navigator Christopher Columbus and Bartholomew Columbus. He was also a middle-class weaver. There is speculation that the city of Santo Domingo on the island of Hispaniola, which his son Christopher first settled upon when reaching the New World, was named after him. Although, others argue Bartholomew, undecided about the name, saw in the calendar that August 8 was dedicated to Santo Domingo de Guzman, as so he called it. Domenico was born in 1418. He had three brothers, who were called Franceschino, Giacomo and Bertino."
"shown differs from other images, including that of the ""Virgin of the Navigators."" Footnotes Citations Bibliography Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus (; before 31 October 145120 May 1506) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonist who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. He led the first European expeditions to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, initiating the permanent European colonization of the Americas. Columbus discovered the viable sailing route to the Americas, a continent which was not then known to the Old World. While what he thought he had discovered"
"Diego Columbus Diego Columbus (; ; also, in ) (1479/1480-1526) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer under the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He served as the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies as a vassal to the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He was the elder son of Christopher Columbus, whom Columbus had with wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo. He was born in Portugal, either in Porto Santo in 1479/1480, or in Lisbon in 1474. He spent most of his adult life trying to regain the titles and privileges granted"
"Columbus, New York Columbus is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 975 at the 2010 census. Columbus is in the northeast corner of the county and is northeast of Norwich. The area of Columbus was first settled around 1791. The town was formed in 1805 from the town of Brookfield (now in Madison County). Additional territory was obtained from the town of Norwich in 1807. The Columbus Community Church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Famous companies at Columbus include the makers of Chobani Yogurt and Golden Artist Colors."
"first Sister City relationship in 1955 with Genoa, Italy. To commemorate this relationship, Columbus received as a gift from the people of Genoa, a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus. The statue, sculpted by artist Edoardo Alfieri, overlooks Broad Street in front of Columbus City Hall. Columbus, Ohio Columbus ( ) is the state capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 879,170 as of 2017 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation. This makes Columbus the"
"with Berkeley, California in 1992 and, as of 2018, include Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Denver, Los Angeles, Mankato, Minnesota, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, Tacoma, and ""dozens of others."" Columbus, Ohio has chosen to honor veterans instead of Christopher Columbus, and removed Columbus Day as a city holiday. Various tribal governments in Oklahoma designate the day as ""Native American Day"", or name it after their own tribe. The date Columbus arrived in the Americas is celebrated in some countries of Latin America. The most common name for the celebration in Spanish (including some Latin"
"Genovese born mariner, Christopher Columbus set out under the auspices of the Crown of Castile (Spain) to seek an oversea route to the East Indies via the Atlantic Ocean. Rather than Asia, Columbus landed in the Bahamas, in the Caribbean. Spanish colonization followed and Europe established Western Civilization in the Americas. The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama led the first sailing expedition directly from Europe to India in 1497-1499, by the Atlantic and Indian oceans, opening up the possibility of trade with the East other than via perilous overland routes like the Silk Road. Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer working"
"European contact. Those who lived closest to white-occupied areas conducted considerable trading and adopted some European-American ways. Founded in 1828 by an act of the Georgia Legislature, Columbus was situated at the beginning of the navigable portion of the Chattahoochee River and on the last stretch of the Federal Road before entering Alabama. The city was named for Christopher Columbus, its founders likely influenced by the writings of Washington Irving. The plan for the city was drawn up by Dr. Edwin L. DeGraffenried, who placed the town on a bluff overlooking the river. Across the river to the west, where"
"Columbus, New Mexico Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about 3 miles north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of the attack in 1916 by Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa, that caused America to send 10,000 troops there in the punitive Mexican Expedition. The population was 1,664 at the 2010 census. Columbus was established in 1891 just across the Mexican border from Palomas, Chihuahua, Mexico, and named after 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus. In 1902, the village was moved 3 miles north when the El Paso"
"Columbus Day Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who set sail across the Atlantic Ocean in search of a faster route to the New World. His first voyage to the New World on the Spanish ships the Santa María, Niña"","" and La Pinta took approximately three months. Columbus and his crew's arrival to the New World initiated the Columbian Exchange which introduced the transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations,"
"as a telegrapher for the Mobile and Ohio at the age of 15. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 deluged the town, as well as many areas downriver in the Mississippi Delta, where hundreds of thousands of acres were flooded. Survivors moved the town of Columbus, rebuilding it upon higher ground above the flood plain. Some of the original houses were saved and moved inland. Given its isolated location in a rural area and the decline in river traffic, the town has lost population for years. Columbus is located in northwestern Hickman County at (36.760176, -89.102840), on high ground east"
"Columbus, Indiana Columbus is a city in and the county seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. The population was 44,061 at the 2010 census. In its built environment, the relatively small city has provided a unique place for noted Modern architecture and public art, commissioning numerous works since the mid-20th century. Located about south of Indianapolis, on the east fork of the White River, it is the state's 20th-largest city. It is the principal city of the Columbus, Indiana metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Bartholomew County. Columbus is the birthplace of former Indiana Governor and current Vice"
"Christopher Columbus (Alfieri) Christopher Columbus, or simply Columbus, is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri, installed outside Columbus City Hall, in Columbus, Ohio, United States. The bronze alloy sculpture depicts Christopher Columbus wearing a cloak and holding a rolled document, and measures approximately 22 ft. x 93 in. x 69 in. The statue rests on a stone base that measures approximately 72 x 73 x 79 in. The status weighs approximately 3 tons. A bronze plaque on the statue's stone base reads: The statue rests on and is the central feature of the Portman Plaza on the south side of"
"and he ends up joining Pancho Villa's army. Columbus features in the 2008 film """" starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. The 1989 cult classic ""Sonny Boy"" has Columbus-based locations. Columbus, New Mexico Columbus is a village in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, about 3 miles north of the Mexican border. It is considered a place of historical interest, as the scene of the attack in 1916 by Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco ""Pancho"" Villa, that caused America to send 10,000 troops there in the punitive Mexican Expedition. The population was 1,664 at the 2010 census. Columbus was established in 1891 just"
"Columbus, Kentucky Columbus is a home rule-class city in Hickman County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 170 at the 2010 census, a decline from 229 in 2000. The city lies at the western end of the state, less than a mile from the Mississippi River. Columbus-Belmont State Park borders the city to the west. Columbus is the oldest town in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase. It was first settled on the Mississippi floodplain in 1804 and known as ""Iron Banks"" after the site's French name ""les rivages de fer"". The long-held local rumor that President Thomas Jefferson planned to"
"Columbus Obelisk The Columbus Obelisk is one of three monuments to Christopher Columbus in Baltimore, Maryland. Erected in 1792, the obelisk is known to be the oldest monument to Christopher Columbus in the United States. The Columbus Obelisk was donated by the French Consul to the City of Baltimore, Charles Francois Adrian de Paulmier, Chevalier d'Anmour, in 1792 to commemorate the tricentennial anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. The monument was originally located on the estate of d'Anmour on North Avenue and Harford Road until October 12, 1964, when it was rededicated and relocated to its present location in Herring"
"""India"". On November 3, 1493, Christopher Columbus landed on a rugged shore on an island that he named Dominica. On the same day, he landed at Marie-Galante, which he named Santa María la Galante. After sailing past Les Saintes (Todos los Santos), he arrived at Guadeloupe (Santa María de Guadalupe), which he explored between November 4 and November 10, 1493. The exact course of his voyage through the Lesser Antilles is debated, but it seems likely that he turned north, sighting and naming many islands including Santa María de Montserrat (Montserrat), Santa María la Antigua (Antigua), Santa María la Redonda"
"was born in Nordfjord, Norway. In his 1991 book ""Christopher Columbus – en europeer fra Norge"", Borch Sannes highlights Ferdinand Columbus' claim that the name ""Colonus"" (farmer) was a translation of a foreign name. Sannes points out that if Columbus were of Scandinavian descent, ""Colonus"" would be derived from ""Bonde"", as in the House of Bonde. He points out that the coat of arms of both Columbus and the royal Bonde lineage of Sweden were similar and at the time used a bend. More specifically, Borch Sannes claims that Iohannes Colon, the grandfather of Christopher Columbus, was one Johannes Bonde,"
"visited Madeira. It is generally accepted that he was born in Genoa, Italy as Cristoforo Colon. In Portugal it has been claimed that he was born in that country, as Salvador Fernandes Zarco but this is disputed. Columbus married the daughter of a plantation owner on Porto Santo and so was well aware of the profits to be made. He also understood the necessary growing conditions for sugar and the navigational technique known as the Volta do mar. On one of his voyages to the Caribbean he took sugar cane plants with him. By the end of the 15th century,"
"watershed of the river Bisagno, has a marble stone with the inscription ""Susanna Fontanarossa, the mother of Christopher Columbus, was born in this village"". (""In questo borgo nacque Susanna Fontanarossa, madre di Cristoforo Colombo.""). Little is known about her after 1484. She died before her husband, Domenico. Susanna Fontanarossa Susanna of Fontanarossa (1435-1489) was the mother of navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus. Sussana was born in the hillside village of Monticellu, on the then Genoese island of Corsica, to a wealthy Catholic family. Her family owned substantial real estate in Quezzi, a little village in the low-lying valley of Bisagno"
"developed around the ferry landing, and a store was added in 1821. Later that year, Bartholomew County was organized by an act of the State Legislature and named to honor the famous Hoosier militiaman, General Joseph Bartholomew. Columbus was incorporated on June 28, 1864. The first railroad in Indiana was constructed to Columbus from Madison, Indiana in 1844. This eventually became the Madison branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The railroad fostered the growth of the community into one of the largest in Indiana, and three more railroads reached the city by 1850. Columbus is host to the oldest theater in"
"Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Located on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama, Columbus is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it officially merged in 1970. Columbus is the second-largest city in Georgia and the fourth-largest metropolitan area. According to the 2017 estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Columbus has a population of 194,058 residents, with 303,811 in the Columbus metropolitan area. The metro area joins the nearby Alabama cities of Auburn and Opelika to form the Columbus–Auburn–Opelika Combined Statistical Area,"
"in 1494 to meet his brother, where he was given the title of governor, Adelantado, during his brother's absences. He founded the city of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola between 1496 and 1498, which is now the capital of the Dominican Republic. He was imprisoned together with Christopher and another brother, Giacomo (also called Diego), by Francisco de Bobadilla and returned to Spain in December 1500. After the royal pardon of Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew Columbus accompanied him on the last of his New World voyages, where Bartholomew was to be left with a garrison near the Belén River. They were defeated"
"controversy surrounding the structure. Columbus Obelisk The Columbus Obelisk is one of three monuments to Christopher Columbus in Baltimore, Maryland. Erected in 1792, the obelisk is known to be the oldest monument to Christopher Columbus in the United States. The Columbus Obelisk was donated by the French Consul to the City of Baltimore, Charles Francois Adrian de Paulmier, Chevalier d'Anmour, in 1792 to commemorate the tricentennial anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. The monument was originally located on the estate of d'Anmour on North Avenue and Harford Road until October 12, 1964, when it was rededicated and relocated to its"
"certain versions of the story). Christopher was born in 1516 in Portsmouth. His father, also named Christopher Walker, had been a seaman since he was a young boy, and was the cabin boy on Christopher Columbus' ship, the ""Santa María"", when he sailed to the Americas. Christopher Jr. became a shipboy on his father's ship in 1526. In 1536, when Christopher was 20 years old, he was a part of what was supposed to be his father's last voyage. The ship was attacked by pirates and Christopher's father was murdered. He was the sole survivor and was washed ashore on"
"early eighteenth century. Further popularized by Leopold Kielanowski in the twentieth century, they became the starting point for a bizarre hypothesis that Christopher Columbus was actually the son of King Wladyslaw III Jagiellon hiding on Madeira under the name of Henrique Alemão.Lukasiewicz cites Manuel da Silva Rosa's ""Colón la Historia Nunca Contad"" (2009) as supporting this hypothesis. Rosa is an information technology analyst and amateur historian. In his book Rosa claims that Columbus was the son of a Portuguese noblewoman and the king of Poland Władysław III who allegedly survived the battle of Varna in 1444 and later lived in"
"sent by Genoa to carry valuable cargo to northern Europe. He docked in Bristol, England and Galway, Ireland. In 1477, he was possibly in Iceland. In the autumn of 1477, he sailed on a Portuguese ship from Galway to Lisbon, where he found his brother Bartolomeo, and they continued trading for the Centurione family. Columbus based himself in Lisbon from 1477 to 1485. He married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, daughter of the Porto Santo governor and Portuguese nobleman of Lombard origin Bartolomeu Perestrello. In 1479 or 1480, his son Diego Columbus was born. Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along the"