Name the Town and Country where Christopher Columbus was born?
Christopher Columbus and institutions in the Western Hemisphere bear his name, including the country of Colombia. The name "Christopher Columbus" is the Anglicisation of the Latin Christophorus Columbus. His name in Ligurian is Cristòffa Cómbo, in Italian Cristoforo Colombo and in Spanish Cristóbal Colón. He was born before 31 October 1451 in the territory of the Republic of Genoa (now part of modern Italy), though the exact location remains disputed. His father was Domenico Colombo, a middle-class wool weaver who worked both in Genoa and Savona and who also owned a cheese stand at which young Christopher worked as a helper. His
Origin theories of Christopher Columbus was born in Nordfjord, Norway. In his 1991 book "Christopher Columbus – en europeer fra Norge", Borch Sannes highlights Ferdinand Columbus' claim that the name "Colonus" (farmer) was a translation of a foreign name. Sannes points out that if Columbus were of Scandinavian descent, "Colonus" would be derived from "Bonde", as in the House of Bonde. He points out that the coat of arms of both Columbus and the royal Bonde lineage of Sweden were similar and at the time used a bend. More specifically, Borch Sannes claims that Iohannes Colon, the grandfather of Christopher Columbus, was one Johannes Bonde,