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from the Encyclopaedia Britanica 15th Edition, page 655
"Crisobal Colòn never declared himself a Genoese. Evidence is that
he was not a Genoese patriot, never went back to Genoa.
He fought against Genoa when battles occurred.
He never wrote in any form of Italian --
not to his brothers or to Genoese persons or institutions, writings
are in Spanish when addressing persons or Genoese institutions, wrote
his parents in Spanish, wrote to his brothers in Spanish.
And brothers, parents, wrote to each other in Spanish.
He wrote in Spanish in his own private notes, years prior
to 1492. Signed his own name as Colòn and never did he use the name
Chrisopher Columbus.
When Cristobal Colòn spoke the Latin language -he did so with a
Hispanic accent/with Hispanicizms.
His name Colòn is present only in the country of Spain now and
hundreds of years before Colòn was born and up to the time he was
born.
His parents were merchants from Spain.
His brothers also used the name Colòn, always wrote and spoke Spanish."
and
unquote from the Encyclopeadia Britanica
Spain first arrived in the Americas in 1492, headed by the
Spanish Admiral Cristobal Colòn. Cristobal Colòn was born
in the
year 1451 in Genoa of Spanish parents.
His parents were merchants from Spain who went to Genoa
during the time Spain occupied what is now the present country of Italy,
for 400 years, from the 1300s continuously throught the 1700s.
note: (When USA Army personel, etc. are born in Germany, Italy,
etc they continue to be USA citizens - American, and not of the country
that they were born in. The same goes for non-military persons.)
His descendants are also Hispanos.
The
Spanish Admirals' name is found in only ancient
Spain and no other regions.
One of Cristobal Colòns' descendants, Cristobal Colòn de
Carvajal
chose New Mexico for a personal visit October 1991. As the 20th, direct
descendant of the Spanish Admiral of the Oceans, he holds the titles of
Duque de Veragua, Duque de la Vega and Marques de Jamaica, which
was bestowed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella upon
the Spanish Admiral Cristobal Colòn and his descendants.
