Ferdinand Columbus

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Renaissance scholar bibliographer cosmographer human

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.

Aliases (2)

Hernando Colón ×2
Fernando Colón ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance scholar → bibliographer → cosmographer → human →
birthDate	1488-08-15 →
birthPlace	Crown of Castile → Córdoba →
burialPlace	Seville Cathedral →
collectionSize	about 1000 printed music items → about 15000 books →
compiled	book catalog of his library →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile →
deathDate	1539-07-12 →
deathPlace	Crown of Castile → Seville →
era	Renaissance →
father	Christopher Columbus →
fieldOfWork	bibliography → cartography → cosmography → history of exploration →
heritage	Genoese descent →
knownFor	Renaissance book collecting → amassing a large private library → being the son of Christopher Columbus → cosmographical studies →
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin → Spanish →
libraryLocation	Seville Cathedral →
libraryName	Biblioteca Colombina →
mother	Beatriz Enríquez de Arana →
movement	Renaissance →
name	Ferdinand Columbus → Fernando Colón → Hernando Colón →
notableWork	Historia del Almirante Don Cristóbal Colón →
occupation	bibliographer → collector → cosmographer → librarian →
patron	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor →
religion	Catholicism →
servedAs	courtier to Charles V →
sibling	Diego Columbus →
travelledTo	Flanders → Germany → Italy →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ferdinand Columbus → Ferdinand Columbus ("Fernando Colón") → Ferdinand Columbus ("Hernando Colón") →	name
Diego Columbus → Diego Columbus ("Hernando Colón") →	relative
Christopher Columbus →	child