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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.
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.
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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Bartolomeu Dias was born around 1455. His family had a maritime background, and one of his ancestors, Dinis Dias, explored the African coast in the 1440s and discovered the Cap-Vert peninsula in today's Senegalin 1445. Tracing his biography is complicated by the existence of several contemporary Portuguese seafarers with the same name.He was clearl...
In 1486 he seems to have been a cavalier of the king’s household, and superintendent of the royal warehouses; on the 10th of October in this year he received an annuity of 6000 reis from King John for “services to come”; and some time after this (probably about July or August 1487, rather than July 1486, the traditional date) he left Lisbon with th...
Dias was later ennobled for his accomplishments, and by 1494 he was serving as a squire in the court of King John II. He also served as superintendent of the royal warehouses from 1494 to 1497. Following Dias’s return from his successful first voyage around Africa’s southern cape, Portugal took a decade-long break from Indian Ocean exploration. Kin...
Dias was married and had two sons, Simão Dias de Novais and António Dias de Novais. His grandson Paulo Dias de Novais became the first governor of Portuguese Angola and, in 1576, the founder of São Paulo de Luanda.
The Portuguese government erected two navigational beacons, Dias Cross and da Gama Cross, to commemorate Dias and Vasco da Gama, who were the first modern European explorers to reach the Cape of Good Hope. When lined up, these crosses point to Whittle Rock, a large, permanently submerged shipping hazard in False Bay.[citation needed] The Bartolomeu...
Campbell, Gordon (2003). The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press.Crowley, Roger (2015). Conquerors : How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire (1 ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-8129-9400-1. OCLC 904967943.Dutra, Francis A. (2007). "Dias, Bartholomew". The Oxford Companion to World Exploration. Oxford University Press.Howgego, Raymond John, ed. (2003). "Dias, Bartolomeu". Encyclopedia of Exploration to 1800. Hordern House. ISBN 1-875567-36-4.Bartholomew Columbus was a mapmaker and navigator who supported his brother Christopher in his voyages to the Americas. He faced rebellions, investigations, and imprisonment in Hispaniola and Spain, and died in 1514.
Learn about Bartholomew Columbus, the brother of Christopher Columbus, who played a key role in his voyages and discoveries. Find out his biography, achievements, challenges, and sources from two encyclopedias.
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.
