Rodrigo de Bastidas
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Rodrigo de Bastidas was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for his early voyages along the northern coast of South America and his role in the colonization of what is now Colombia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rodrigo de Bastidas canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4186546 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodrigo de Bastidas Context triple: [Spanish conquest of New Granada, commander, Rodrigo de Bastidas]
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A.
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish navigator and explorer best known for commanding one of Christopher Columbus’s ships during the 1492 voyage and later leading his own expeditions to the coasts of Brazil and Central America.
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B.
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Martín Alonso Pinzón was a Spanish mariner and explorer who played a key leadership role in Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas.
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C.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a 16th-century Spanish explorer best known for leading the first European expedition to explore the coast of present-day California.
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D.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
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E.
Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for leading one of the first European expeditions to the coasts of present-day Mexico in the early 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rodrigo de Bastidas Target entity description: Rodrigo de Bastidas was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for his early voyages along the northern coast of South America and his role in the colonization of what is now Colombia.
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A.
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Vicente Yáñez Pinzón was a Spanish navigator and explorer best known for commanding one of Christopher Columbus’s ships during the 1492 voyage and later leading his own expeditions to the coasts of Brazil and Central America.
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B.
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Martín Alonso Pinzón was a Spanish mariner and explorer who played a key leadership role in Christopher Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas.
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C.
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo
Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo was a 16th-century Spanish explorer best known for leading the first European expedition to explore the coast of present-day California.
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D.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa was a Spanish explorer and conquistador best known for leading the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas in 1513.
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E.
Juan de Grijalva
Juan de Grijalva was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for leading one of the first European expeditions to the coasts of present-day Mexico in the early 16th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish conquistador
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explorer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Caribbean Sea
ⓘ
New World exploration ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Crown of Castile
ⓘ
Seville ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Hispaniola
ⓘ
Santo Domingo ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spaniards ⓘ |
| explored |
Caribbean coast of present-day Colombia
ⓘ
coast of present-day Panama ⓘ coast of present-day Venezuela ⓘ northern coast of South America ⓘ |
| familyName | de Bastidas ⓘ |
| founded |
Santa Marta
ⓘ
Santa Marta, Colombia ⓘ
linked to:
Santa Marta
one of the earliest Spanish settlements on the mainland of the Americas ⓘ |
| givenName | Rodrigo ⓘ |
| hasGender | male ⓘ |
| influenced | subsequent Spanish expeditions to northern South America ⓘ |
| knownFor | peaceful relations with some Indigenous groups compared to other conquistadors ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| name | Rodrigo de Bastidas ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
establishment of Spanish presence on the Colombian coast
ⓘ
voyages along the Caribbean coast of present-day Colombia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early exploration of the northern coast of South America
ⓘ
role in the colonization of present-day Colombia ⓘ |
| occupation |
conquistador
ⓘ
explorer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| partOf | Spanish Empire’s expansion in the Caribbean region ⓘ |
| patron |
Spanish Crown
ⓘ
linked to:
Crown of Spain
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| servedAs | governor of Santa Marta ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rodrigo de Bastidas Description of subject: Rodrigo de Bastidas was a Spanish conquistador and explorer known for his early voyages along the northern coast of South America and his role in the colonization of what is now Colombia.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.