Belen Castro Martin
Christopher Columbus, the Admiral from the “province” of Genoa
Belen Castro Martin*
On October 12th, 1492 Admiral Christopher Columbus steps upon the soil of San Salvador Island, Bahamas. He does not know it himself, but he has just become Christopher Columbus the Discoverer of the New World, although at that moment he is still convinced to have reached the coast of Asia sailing westward from Europe. He will die 13 years later without knowing that he had discovered a new...