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Originally Posted by monster
Won't Cristobal be a "him"?
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And how did the name of Cristóbal Colón ever become Christopher Columbus in English?
Columbus' name in English is actually an anglicized version of the Columbus birth name. According to most accounts, Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy, as Cristoforo Colombo, which is obviously much more similar to the English version than is the Spanish one.