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Diego Columbus (Portuguese: Diogo Colombo; Spanish: Diego Colón; Italian: Diego Colombo; 1479/1480 – February 23, 1526) was a navigator and explorer under the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He served as the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies as a vassal to the Kings of Castile and Aragón.
Diego Columbus (born 1479/80, Porto Santo, Madeira Islands—died February 23, 1526, Montalbán, Spain) was the eldest son of Christopher Columbus and viceroy of the Indies for 15 years, who spent most of his life in legal battles to secure the Columbus claims.
Columbus, Diego (Giacomo Colombo; b. c. 1468; d. before 20 February 1515), youngest brother of Christopher Columbus. He left Genoa to join Christopher in Spain and sailed with him on the second voyage to America.
Diego Columbus (Diego Colón; b. ca. 1480; d. 1526), eldest son of Christopher Columbus. Following the death in 1485 of his mother, Felipa Perestrello, a Portuguese noblewoman, Diego was left by his father at the Franciscan friary of La Rábida (Spain) for education.
In 1479 or 1480, Columbus's son Diego was born. Between 1482 and 1485, Columbus traded along the coasts of West Africa, reaching the Portuguese trading post of Elmina at the Guinea coast in present-day Ghana. Before 1484, Columbus returned to Porto Santo to find that his wife had died.
Diego Columbus became “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” (Spanish: Almirante de la Mar ocean) and “Viceroy of the Indies” (Spanish: Virrey de las Indias) by his father’s inheritance. On this day the only legitimate son of the famous Christopher Columbus died.
Jun 19, 2024 · Christopher Columbus (born between August 26 and October 31?, 1451, Genoa [Italy]—died May 20, 1506, Valladolid, Spain) was a master navigator and admiral whose four transatlantic voyages (1492–93, 1493–96, 1498–1500, and 1502–04) opened the way for European exploration, exploitation, and colonization of the Americas.
Oct 9, 2023 · Italian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americas on a 1492 expedition. Learn about his landing spot, route, ships, and more.
Apr 24, 2019 · It's the stuff of a Hollywood blockbuster: Five hundred years ago, a son of Christopher Columbus assembled one of the greatest libraries the world has ever known.
Diego Columbus was the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 3rd Governor of the Indies. He was the firstborn son of Christopher Columbus and wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and was born in 1479/1480 in Porto Santo, Portugal or 1474 in Lisbon, Portugal.
