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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy. As a boy, he learned how to weave wool from his father and because his father was a businessman, Columbus would have learned how to read and write. He worked as a clerk in a bookstore for a while, but he really wanted to be a sailor. He started going to sea when he was 14 years old and when he was 21 years old he was in command of his own ship. He first sailed to England in 1476 and French pirates attacked the fleet of ships. His ship was burned and Christopher had to swim to Portugal, where he spent a lot of time in Lagos. After a while he moved to Lisbon and became friends with many merchants and shipbuilders.
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