Bartholomew Columbus
E161901
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 | 6 |
| Bartolomé Colón | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1366431 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Bartholomew Columbus Context triple: [Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, foundedBy, Bartholomew Columbus]
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A.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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B.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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C.
Ferdinand Columbus
Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, best known for being Christopher Columbus’s son and for amassing one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance.
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D.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator whose voyages to the New World led to the continents of the Americas being named in his honor.
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E.
Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Bartholomew Columbus Target entity description: 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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A.
Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.
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B.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian navigator whose transatlantic voyages for Spain in the late 15th century opened the way for widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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C.
Ferdinand Columbus
Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, best known for being Christopher Columbus’s son and for amassing one of the largest private libraries of the Renaissance.
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D.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator whose voyages to the New World led to the continents of the Americas being named in his honor.
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E.
Andrés de Urdaneta
Andrés de Urdaneta was a 16th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, navigator, and explorer renowned for pioneering the return route across the Pacific that enabled the Manila–Acapulco galleon trade.
- F. None of above. chosen
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, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form:
Santo Domingo
|
| centuryOfActivity |
15th century
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16th century ⓘ |
| continentOfBirth | Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Republic of Genoa ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 1450 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1515 ⓘ |
| employer |
Catholic Monarchs
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholic Monarchs of Spain
|
| era |
Age of Exploration
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surface form:
Age of Discovery
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| ethnicGroup | Ligurians ⓘ |
| father | Domenico Colombo ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Italian
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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
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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
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colonial administrator ⓘ explorer ⓘ navigator ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Spanish colonization of the Caribbean
ⓘ
exploration of Hispaniola ⓘ exploration of the West Indies ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Genoa ⓘ |
| placeOfBurial |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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surface form:
Santo Domingo
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| placeOfDeath |
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
ⓘ
surface form:
Santo Domingo
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| positionHeld |
Adelantado mayor
ⓘ
surface form:
Adelantado of Hispaniola
governor of Hispaniola (acting) ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| sibling |
Christopher Columbus
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Diego Columbus ⓘ
surface form:
Giacomo (Diego) Columbus
Giovanni Pellegrino Columbus ⓘ |
| workedOn | maps for the Portuguese and Spanish courts ⓘ |
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Subject: Bartholomew Columbus Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (7)
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