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.

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Bartholomew Columbus canonical 17
Bartolomé Colón 2

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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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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