The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus

“Entertaining and unpredictable.… [S]urprising and significant.” —Andrés Reséndez, New York Times Book Review

Christopher Columbus was born Cristoforo Colombo, in the autumn of 1451 in the Mediterranean port city of Genoa, and he died in the Spanish city of Valladolid in May 1506, as don Cristóbal Colón. More than five centuries later, we are still arguing over his life ...