Quote Originally Posted by lars573
More like Basque and Spainish are not the same. Catalan and Castllian are both Spainish dialects. Still when examined pieces of writing attributed to Columbus indicated that the pieces were written by someone who grew up speaking Catalan and was taugh to write at a young age.
Well, I am not an expert on the linquistic matters, but as long as academic circles generaly agree that Columbus was Italian, I am going to go with that.