Columbus: The Adventure Begins (TRIH ep 306, part 1)
1451 · Resource
This episode examines Christopher Columbus's origins, character and the political and maritime context that produced his voyages. Holland and Sandbrook discuss the strong Genoese roots of Columbus, his early maritime career in the Mediterranean and Portugal, and the intellectual milieu — printing, travel accounts (Marco Polo), and theorists like Toscanelli and Pierre Dailly — that convinced him a westward route to…
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