WHERE COLUMBUS WAS BORN
An English widow has sold what is claimed as the birthplace of Christopher Columbus for less than £10, states the '' Echo de Paris. '' Christopher Columbus is believed to liaye been born in a dilapidated hovel -at Calvii Corsica, and the municipal council wished to buy the site for its historical associations. The property was owned by an elderly lEnglsh widow, Mrs. Baker, with whom (negotiations were opened. Mrs. Baker I asked £95 for the house, but the municipality, on the pretext that the place threatened to fall in ruins, made an offer of £0 10s. The Englishwoman, far from anxious to find herself later obliged to restore the alleged historical monument, neccptet#thc offer, and the sale was completed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 65, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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122WHERE COLUMBUS WAS BORN Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 65, 14 September 1934, Page 3
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