The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Christopher Columbus
Also known as Signor Don Christopher, Columbus, Colombus
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 4
Columbus is evoked as a restless Genoese navigator, a name that seems to carry the salt air of distant waters. The text offers no portrait of his face, leaving his ambition and reputation to occupy the foreground.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 4
- Books
- 1
Christopher Columbus appears as a Genoese explorer, invoked in comparison with Marco Polo and identified elsewhere by the title of Admiral. The text does not develop his personal relationships or recount a full life story; his role here is chiefly that of a later voyager measured against an earlier one.
Description
The text does not describe Columbus’s physical appearance. His height, build, complexion, hair, eyes, facial features, age markers, and customary clothing are unspecified, so a definitive visual profile cannot be drawn from this source.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
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