ocr: Columbus: Mysterious Identity CUho was this man with an unusual dream that bedame an obsession? Many scholars admit they dan't. be sure. The best available evidende suggests that he was born in Genoa in 1451. His father was a weaver and he had at least two brothers. He had little edudation as a boy and, only as an adult, taught himself to readand write. MENU . : Show Portraits LITIP a IPIT