Christopher Columbus's Childhood

Christopher Columbus grew up in a coastal town called Genoa in Italy. His father was a cloth merchant and wanted Columbus to follow in his footsteps, but Columbus had other plans, he wanted to explore the oceans. Later on his life Columbus was in a shipwreck on the coast of Lisbon, Portugal. Here he met his wife and mother of his children Donna Felipa. Her father was a sea captain/navigator and he began to teach Columbus about maps and the ocean.