Christopher Columbus' Early Life:

Christopher Columbus was born in October 1451 in port city of Genoa, Italy. His parents were Domenico Colombo, a wool weaver, and Susanna Fontanarossa. He had four children named Bartolomeo, Giovanni Pellegrino, Giacomo and Bianchinetta. His family wasn't rich, thusly he didn't get the training of a rich. He was self trained through reading. Later, he went to Prince Henry's School of Navigation in Portugal. Amid his initial life, he sold maps and charts to support him. He was only a 14 year old child when he got down working on boats. 

Facts About Christopher Columbus

• Columbus was rejected three times before getting the help from the Spanish Royal. 
• Washington D.C. is named after Columbus and 18 different areas too were named after him. 
• The first land he came to was an island called San Salvador. 
• Columbus' family wasn't rich. He had a middle class family. 
• Columbus started his work at young age of 14. 
• His team had 90 men, no ladies, mariners or colonists were permitted. 
• The researchers had recorded both positive and the negative characteristics of Columbus.