Another interesting source is a biography attributed to his younger son Ferdinand.  
His own writings include a Book of Privileges in which he lists his claims and titles and the The Book of Prophecy, a compilation of Biblical passages.  Another interesting source is a biography attributed to his younger son Ferdinand.  His rivals included a subordinate on his first trip, Martin Pinzon, as well as Francisco de Babadilla who arrested him and his brothers Bartholemew and Diego for mismanagement of the newly founded La Isabela.  He wound up shipwrecked on Jamaica on his last voyage and on his third discovered the Gulf of Paria and the Orinoco estuary.  FTP, name this Genoese native who sailed west with three ships in 1492.
His own writings include a Book of Privileges in which he lists his claims and titles and the The Book of Prophecy, a compilation of Biblical passages.  
Christopher Columbus (or Christobal Colon or Cristoforo Colubmo)