There have been many theories and studies about Columbus' origins. He would come, according to these theories, from as many different countries as researchers have written about it.
Some of these studies claim that he was catalan or, at least, from the Crown of Aragon. The last one, based on the study of the writtings by Columbus, has been published by Estelle Irizarry, Professor from the Georgetown Univeristy. Based on the use by Columbus of one punctuation mark used only in catalan language, Irizarry declares that his first language would be catalan and that he would probably come from Ibiza.
This researchers demostrates too that the text that prove that Columbus was genovese would have been forged.
Some of these studies claim that he was catalan or, at least, from the Crown of Aragon. The last one, based on the study of the writtings by Columbus, has been published by Estelle Irizarry, Professor from the Georgetown Univeristy. Based on the use by Columbus of one punctuation mark used only in catalan language, Irizarry declares that his first language would be catalan and that he would probably come from Ibiza.
This researchers demostrates too that the text that prove that Columbus was genovese would have been forged.
