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Bartholomew Columbus (Genoese: Bertomê Corombo; Portuguese: Bartolomeu Colombo; Spanish: Bartolomé Colón; Italian: Bartolomeo Colombo; c. 1461 – 12 August 1515) was an Italian explorer from the Republic of Genoa and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.
Bartholomew Columbus (born 15th century, Genoa [Italy]—died 1514/15, Santo Domingo, Hispaniola [now Dominican Republic]) was an Italian explorer, brother of Christopher Columbus, accomplished cartographer and cosmographer, and probably collaborator on his brother’s project to sail around the world.
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Bartholomew Columbus (1461-1515) was an Italian explorer from Genoa and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus. In 1496, he founded the city of Santo Domingo, the current capital of the Dominican Republic.
Bartholomew Columbus was born in the Republic of Genoa in 1461, the brother of Christopher Columbus. He worked as a mapmaker in Lisbon, Portugal during the 1470s, and he failed to court England or France for their support in sending an expedition to the Indies from a western rather than an eastern route. By the time that he reached Spain again in 1...
Columbus also dispatched his brother Bartholomew to the court of Henry VII of England to inquire whether the English crown might sponsor his expedition, but he was captured by pirates en route, and only arrived in early 1491.
(ca. 1454-1514) cartographer, navigator Bartholomew Columbus was a mapmaker and navigator who worked in support of his famous brother, Christopher Columbus, both in Europe and in the Western Hemisphere. Columbus grew up in Genoa, where he worked as a wool carder.
Humanities. Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. Columbus, Bartholomew (c. 1454–1514) views 3,043,973 updated. Columbus, Bartholomew (c. 1454–1514) Bartholomew Columbus (Bartolomé Colón: b. ca. 1454; d. 1514). A wool carder in his youth in Genoa, Bartholomew played a key role in the achievements of his more famous brother, Christopher.
COLUMBUS, Bartholomew (Bartolomeo Colon) (c.1445-1514). A brother of Christopher Columbus. He was a sailor by profession, and in the year 1480 joined Christopher at Lisbon. In 1489 he was sent to England by his brother to seek assistance from Henry VII. for the execution of his project.
