The story of Columbus . GATE OF ST. ANDREA, GENOA,AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF COLUMBUS. 16 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEK III. YOUNG A Venetian gentleman and a Portuguese princehad made great discoveries in unknown parts of theworld, but the most wonderful of all discoveries was tobe made by one who was neither prince nor gentleman,Christoforo Colombo, a Genoese weaver. Christopher Columbus, as we call him, was born inthe Italian city of Genoa, somewhere about 1446. His. GENOA AND ITS HARBOR, father was called Domenico Colombo, and his mothersname was Susanna. Ilis father was
The story of Columbus . GATE OF ST. ANDREA, GENOA,AS IT WAS IN THE TIME OF COLUMBUS. 16 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS. CHAPTEK III. YOUNG A Venetian gentleman and a Portuguese princehad made great discoveries in unknown parts of theworld, but the most wonderful of all discoveries was tobe made by one who was neither prince nor gentleman,Christoforo Colombo, a Genoese weaver. Christopher Columbus, as we call him, was born inthe Italian city of Genoa, somewhere about 1446. His. GENOA AND ITS HARBOR, father was called Domenico Colombo, and his mothersname was Susanna. Ilis father was a weaver of wool,while liis mother came also of a family of wool and silkweavers. After Columbus became famous, some writers YOUNG COLUMBUS. 17 tried to prove that lie came of a noble family, but thisis not true, for the Colombos, as they were called inGenoa, were simple working father, three uncles, and severalof the cousins of Christopher Co-lumbus were weavers, while his onlysister married a cheese father of Columbus was alwayspoor, often he had to go in debt forthe wool which he worked up, andonce he bought a little piece of landand agreed to pay for it in pieces ofcloth, but he did not get it paid worked at his trade until he wasabout seventy-five years old, andfinally died in debt, though he livedlong enough to know that his oldestson had made a great discovery. A great deal of trouble has beentaken to find the house which Do-menico Columbus o
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