Show was not columbus there has been considerable misunderstanding regarding the real name of the celebrated navigator it is definitely known among historians that his true name was not columbus this was only an assumed name which chic h he took to give him more influence among the seamen of his time the name columbus conveyed ve red the fact that he was associated with the strongest of all sea p pirates i rates of his day who sailed under a flag depicting a dove and was called columbo 11 latin columba a dove the use of this name was virtually a guarantee of safety on the seas C columbus himself never revealed why he used it |