Bartholomew Columbus

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Bartholomew Columbus was an Italian explorer and colonial administrator, brother of Christopher Columbus, who played a key role in the early Spanish colonization of the Caribbean.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bartholomew Columbus canonical 17
Bartolomé Colón 2

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian person ⓘ
cartographer ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
person ⓘ
allegiance Crown of Castile ⓘ
associatedWith Christopher Columbus’s voyages ⓘ
Hispaniola ⓘ
Santo Domingo ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
continentOfBirth Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Genoa ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1450 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1515 ⓘ
employer Catholic Monarchs of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Catholic Monarchs
era Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
ethnicGroup Ligurians ⓘ
father Domenico Colombo ⓘ
languageSpoken Italian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
mother Susanna Fontanarossa ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
notableEvent helped establish the first permanent European settlement in the Americas at Santo Domingo ⓘ
notableFor administration of the colony of Hispaniola in his brother’s absence ⓘ
role in consolidating Spanish rule in the Caribbean ⓘ
notableRole co-founder of the city of Santo Domingo ⓘ
notableWork early Spanish colonization of the Caribbean ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
participatedIn Spanish colonization of the Caribbean ⓘ
exploration of Hispaniola ⓘ
exploration of the West Indies ⓘ
placeOfBirth Genoa ⓘ
placeOfBurial Santo Domingo ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santo Domingo ⓘ
positionHeld Adelantado of Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Adelantado mayor

governor of Hispaniola (acting) ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Giacomo (Diego) Columbus ⓘ
linked to: Diego Columbus

Giovanni Pellegrino Columbus ⓘ
workedOn maps for the Portuguese and Spanish courts ⓘ

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic → foundedBy → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Diego Columbus → relative → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
La Nueva Isabela → foundedBy → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Colonial City of Santo Domingo → foundedBy → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Colonial Zone → foundedBy → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Santiago de los Caballeros → foundedBy → Bartolomé Colón ⓘ
linked to: Bartholomew Columbus
Columbus → hasNotableBearer → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Santo Domingo de Guzmán → founder → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Spanish conquest of Hispaniola → commander → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Francisco de Bobadilla → arrested → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Francisco de Bobadilla → sentToSpain → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Giovanni Pellegrino Columbus → sibling → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Susanna Fontanarossa → child → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Susanna Fontanarossa → relative → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Domenico Colombo → child → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Domenico Colombo → relative → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
third voyage of Christopher Columbus → involvedPerson → Bartolomé Colón ⓘ
linked to: Bartholomew Columbus
Diego Colón → relative → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
Santo Domingo → foundedBy → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ