Bartholomew Columbus

E161901
Italian person cartographer colonial administrator explorer navigator person

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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Label Occurrences
Bartholomew Columbus canonical 6
Bartolomé Colón 1

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery
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, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
placeOfDeath Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
positionHeld Adelantado mayor ⓘ
surface form: Adelantado of Hispaniola

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

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

Referenced by (7)

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 → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bartolomé Colón
Columbus → hasNotableBearer → Bartholomew Columbus ⓘ