"Throughout Columbus's life, he referred to himself as Christobal Colom; his contemporaries and family also referred to him as such. It is possible that Colom is the shortened form of Columbus used for the Italian surname Colombo (which means "dove"). Colom can also be a Portuguese, French, or Catalan name.
According to Charles J. Merrill, a Doctor in medieval literature and associate professor of foreign languages, the analysis of Columbus's handwriting indicates that it is typical of someone who would be a native Catalan, and Columbus's phonetic mistakes in Castilian are "most likely" those of a Catalan, with examples such as “a todo arreo” (a tot arreu), “todo de un golpe” (tot d'un cop), “setcentas” (set-centes), “nombre” (instead of número), “al sol puesto” (el sol post).[63] Merrill states that the Genoese Cristoforo Colombo was a modest wool carder and cheese merchant with no maritime training and whose age does not match the one of Columbus.[63] Merrill's book Colom of Catalonia was published in 2008." [Wikipedia]
According to Charles J. Merrill, a Doctor in medieval literature and associate professor of foreign languages, the analysis of Columbus's handwriting indicates that it is typical of someone who would be a native Catalan, and Columbus's phonetic mistakes in Castilian are "most likely" those of a Catalan, with examples such as “a todo arreo” (a tot arreu), “todo de un golpe” (tot d'un cop), “setcentas” (set-centes), “nombre” (instead of número), “al sol puesto” (el sol post).[63] Merrill states that the Genoese Cristoforo Colombo was a modest wool carder and cheese merchant with no maritime training and whose age does not match the one of Columbus.[63] Merrill's book Colom of Catalonia was published in 2008." [Wikipedia]
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