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Why do we list all these theories if the Genoese theory is accepted? Would it not be better to add the evidence for each theory? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.94.9.14 (talk) 14:54, 18 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is a fundamental lack of sufficient evidence for other theories, especially if compared to the established view. As far as i know, the only one historically accepted is the Genoese origins. Barjimoa (talk) 05:28, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

There is also a theory that Christopher Columbus may have come from the island of Chios in Greece. Chios was under Genoese control at the time, and thus part of the Republic of Genoa, Columbus said he came from the Republic of Genoa, not necessarily Genoa itself. The island of Chios was under the Genoese rule (1346 - 1566 AD),

Columbus kept his journal in Latin and Greek instead of the Italian of Genoa. He is known to have referred to himself as "Columbus de Terra Rubra" (Columbus of the Red Earth). Chios was known for the red soil in the south of the island where mastic trees grow, and the Genoese are known to have traded with these. Columbus also wrote about the gum-mastic called mastika which comes only from Chios.

There is also a village named Pirgi in the island of Chios where to this day many of its inhabitants carry the surname "Columbus."

Furthermore His signature (something not even the most extremist proponent of other theories can deny) is half Latin, half Greek — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:1388:4097:8019:100A:9F97:83B5:8CE7 (talk) 23:54, 2 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Genoese Colombo was not the Navigator Colón

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The news out of Azores University is that a 7 member jury unanimously awarded a PhD in Insular and Atlantic History (XV-XX Centuries) to Manuel da Silva Rosa on April 12, 2023 for a work titled CRISTOFORO COLOMBO versus CRISTÓBAL COLÓN - Cristoforo  Colombo, the weaver from Genoa, was not Don Crsitóbal Colón, the navigator from Ibéria[1] and in his latest book, Portugal na História, Uma Identidade (Lisbon, 2023) Professor João Paulo Oliveira e Costa Department of History Chair at the University of Lisbon describes Rosa's work as scrupulous, "No estudo recente de Manuel Rosa, que, respeitando escrupulosamente as fontes, deixa clara a impossibilidade de Colón ter nascido no seio de uma família de tecelões genoveses.”.[2] Who can add this information to the article?

References

  1. ^ "Reconhecimento de Habilitações Provas Académicas". uac.pt (in European Portuguese). Universidade dos Açores. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  2. ^ Oliveira e Costa, João Paulo (2022). Portugal na História - Uma Identidade. Temas e Debates. p. 402. ISBN 9789896446017.

Typo: In 1579, for the Cristoph Pantin's edition,

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Christophe Plantin ? 92.232.126.94 (talk) 20:48, 13 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Have you not looked at the research done over 22 years in Spain where they examined his DNA as well as his descendants confirming he was a Sephardic Jew. 2605:9E40:C000:9E:DD1F:AAF2:AFA7:AEC0 (talk) 14:26, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Columbus, a Sephardic Jew

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Have you not looked at the research done in Spain over a 22 year period examining the DNA from the remains of Columbus and his descendants confirming he was a Sephardic Jew? 2605:9E40:C000:9E:DD1F:AAF2:AFA7:AEC0 (talk) 14:29, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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