Christopher Columbus is known as the person who discovered the New World, i.e., America. Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492. But a new study has claimed that Europeans had reached there about 500 years before Columbus.
Unraveling Columbus’s Origins
From school to college and in competitive examinations, many times questions are asked about history. One such unresolved question is, Where was Columbus from? All of you must have heard the name of Columbus, even if you may not know much about him. Anyway, leave it. Here in this news we are telling in detail about Columbus.
In fact, there is a controversy regarding Columbus and his place of birth, who claimed to find the way to India till his death.
Now the mystery related to this controversy is about to be revealed. It is mentioned in many documents that Christopher Columbus was Portuguese. Some say he was from Spain. Not only this, some historians also say that Columbus was from Italy. At the same time, some say it extends to Croatia and Poland.
Historians around the world are not unanimous about this. Even after hundreds of years, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus remains unclear. Now its real answer is going to be revealed in a few months. International scientists have started research to find out his DNA from his remains.
This will also help in identifying its geographical origin. Efforts in this regard have been started from Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Its results can potentially be known in the next five or six months, i.e., by October.
According to the information, Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 and died on May 20, 1506. His father was a weaver, so he was fond of sea travel since childhood. When he grew up, he started helping his father in his work. At that time there was a lot of trade from India and Asia to distant Europe.
Columbus left Spain in 1492 AD by waterway to find the easiest way to reach Far East Asia, i.e., India, China, and Japan. But he traveled westward and reached the Western Group of Islands. After a long voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1492 he discovered America, a new world. Till that time, America had no special identity in the world. The name America was given by Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
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In fact, there is very little information in the pages of history about the early life of the 15th-century sea traveler Columbus. The initial major breakthrough regarding Columbus, who died 515 years ago, came in 2003.
When the bones kept in the tomb of the cathedral in Seville were found to be Columbus’s through DNA testing. But after that, the investigation was stopped. The team of researchers from Spain’s Granada University cited the lack of authenticity of the then DNA technology as the reason for stopping their investigation.
But in recent years, DNA testing technology has proven to be quite effective and accurate. This has again raised hopes that now genetic geography can help in knowing the genealogy and birth area of the European traveler Columbus. For this, the bones of Columbus, his son Hernando and his brother Diego will be examined by international sc
Scientists at the University of Granada.
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