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The standard biography that portrays Columbus as a poor self-seeking Genoese social climber driven by the need to attain fame and fortune leans on shaky historical foundations. Some of the myths concerning Columbus’s life originate from Washington Irving’s popular 1828 biography ''The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus'', including the myth that many believed the world was flat. In fact, no educated person in the fifteenth century believed the world was flat. Nor was Columbus “an obscure navigator” as Irving asserts. | The standard biography that portrays Columbus as a poor self-seeking Genoese social climber driven by the need to attain fame and fortune leans on shaky historical foundations. Some of the myths concerning Columbus’s life originate from Washington Irving’s popular 1828 biography ''The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus'', including the myth that many believed the world was flat. In fact, no educated person in the fifteenth century believed the world was flat. Nor was Columbus “an obscure navigator” as Irving asserts. | ||
[[File: | [[File:Inspiracion de Cristobal Colon por Jose Maria Obregon.jpg|thumb|''Inspiration of Christopher Columbus'', Jose Maria Obregon (1856)]] | ||
== Early voyages == | == Early voyages == | ||