Christopher Columbus and His Family
The Genoese and Ligurian Documents
Edited by John E Dotson Edited by Aldo Agosto
Any analysis of the background and youth of Christopher Columbus is necessarily based on the documents gathered in this volume, which includes all the known records relating to Columbus and his family in Liguria. All these documents, covering the century from 1429 to 1531, are preserved in Genoese and other Ligurian archives; more th
Any analysis of the background and youth of Christopher Columbus is necessarily based on the documents gathered in this volume, which includes all the known records relating to Columbus and his family in Liguria. All these documents, covering the century from 1429 to 1531, are preserved in Genoese and other Ligurian archives; more than a third of them have come to light since the 1896 Raccolta Colombiana. Most are notarial instruments that record the family’s business and real estate transactions, wills, and so forth. A few are taken from the financial records of the city, and several more record the settlement of various conflicts, mostly involving business disputes. The colourful exception involves Christopher Columbus’s cousin Giovanni Colombo, who was accused in the death of a fellow worker. Whatever their precise form, these are all official documents. Even the autograph letters of Christopher Columbus were not written to individuals but to officials of the Bank of San Giorgio in Genoa. Here are the day-to-day activities of five generations of a family that – except for the man who made the name ‘Columbus’ famous – was entirely ordinary. The appearance in English of this material is of great importance to those interested in the explorer and the economic, social and cultural context of his life.
- Edited by John E Dotson
- Edited by Aldo Agosto
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