Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Christopher Columbus across 7 places, from 1451 to 1506.
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Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Christopher Columbus was documented, and when
31 October 1451exact date
Republic of Genoaattested“However, the scholarly consensus is that Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa, sometime between 25 August and 31 October 1451.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1484year
Porto Santoattested“Before 1484, Columbus returned to Porto Santo to find that his wife had died.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
October 1499month
Spainattested“In October 1499, Columbus sent two ships to Spain, asking the Court of Spain to appoint a royal commissioner to help him govern.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
April 1505month
Sanlúcar de Barramedaattested“After his arrival to Sanlúcar from his fourth voyage (and Queen Isabella's death), an ill Columbus settled in Seville in April 1505.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
April 1505month
Sevilleattested“After his arrival to Sanlúcar from his fourth voyage (and Queen Isabella's death), an ill Columbus settled in Seville in April 1505.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
March 1506month
Valladolidattested“He moved to Segovia (where the court was at the time) on a mule by early 1506, and, on the occasion of the wedding of King Ferdinand with Germaine of Foix in Valladolid, Spain, in March 1506, Columbus moved to that city to persist with h…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
March 1506month
Segoviaattested“He moved to Segovia (where the court was at the time) on a mule by early 1506, and, on the occasion of the wedding of King Ferdinand with Germaine of Foix in Valladolid, Spain, in March 1506, Columbus moved to that city to persist with h…”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
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Other places tied to Christopher Columbus in the record
In each of these, a source puts Christopher Columbus and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
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1470year
Savonamentioned“In 1470, the family moved to Savona, where Domenico took over a tavern.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1474year
Atlanticmentioned“In 1474, the Florentine astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli suggested to King Afonso V of Portugal that sailing west across the Atlantic would be a quicker way to reach Asia than the route around Africa, but Afonso rejected his proposal.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1477year
Icelandmentioned“It has been speculated he went to Iceland in 1477, though many scholars doubt this.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1477year
Lisbonmentioned“It is known that in the autumn of 1477, he sailed on a Portuguese ship from Galway to Lisbon, where he found his brother Bartholomew, and they continued trading for the Centurione family.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1477year
Galwaymentioned“It is known that in the autumn of 1477, he sailed on a Portuguese ship from Galway to Lisbon, where he found his brother Bartholomew, and they continued trading for the Centurione family.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1482 to 1485period
Guineamentioned“Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along the coasts of West Africa, reaching the Portuguese trading post of Elmina at the Guinea coast in present-day Ghana.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1485year
Portugalmentioned“He left Portugal for Castile in 1485, where he took a mistress in 1487, a 20-year-old orphan named Beatriz Enríquez de Arana.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1492year
Atlanticmentioned“Columbus had to wait until 1492 for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to support his voyage across the Atlantic to find gold, spices, a safer route to the East, and converts to Christianity.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1492year
Hispaniolamentioned“The gold was his tenth () of the profits from Hispaniola, equal to 240,000 maravedis, guaranteed by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
3 August 1492exact date
Palos de la Fronteramentioned“On the evening of 3 August 1492, Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera with three ships.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
1493year
Portugalmentioned“The Bulls of Donation, three papal bulls of Pope Alexander VI delivered in 1493, purported to grant overseas territories to Portugal and the Catholic Monarchs of Spain.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
13 January 1493exact date
Americasmentioned“On 13 January 1493, Columbus made his last stop of this voyage in the Americas, in the Bay of Rincón in northeast Hispaniola.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
13 January 1493exact date
Bay of Rincónmentioned“On 13 January 1493, Columbus made his last stop of this voyage in the Americas, in the Bay of Rincón in northeast Hispaniola.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
24 September 1493exact date
Cádizmentioned“On 24 September 1493, Columbus sailed from Cádiz with 17 ships, and supplies to establish permanent colonies in the Americas.”source: Wikipedia: Christopher Columbus
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