Columbus had Polish father

4th December 2010

The father of Columbus may have been Polish

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A new biography has hit the shelves claiming that Christopher Columbus was the son of Polish King Wladyslaw III and a Portuguese noblewoman.

Author Manuel Rosa says he has proof that the history of the explorer, whose four voyages led to the European colonisation of the ‘New World’, includes a number of lies - one of which being the true identity of his father.

Respected ex-Dean of the University of Lisbon Prof. Joaquim Verissimo Serrao, states in the book’s preface that he “agrees 100 percent” with the findings.

But Rosa, who works at Duke University in North Carolina, claims that it was never his intention to alter history. “I never started out to look for Columbus, it ...

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