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Beatriz received a good education and learned how to read and write, an exceptional accomplishment in an era when most women could not sign their names. After the death of their grandmother and aunt in 1478, the children were raised by their closest surviving relative, Rodrigo Enriquez de Arana.
This is a list of notable people associated with the Renaissance. ... Christopher Columbus Hernán Cortés. Christopher Columbus; Amerigo Vespucci; Vasco Núñez de ...
From this marriage was born Diego Columbus in 1479 or 1480 who went on to become 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies, and who married King Fernando's cousin, María de Toledo y Rojas. Thus Filipa Moniz was daughter of a King's Captain, wife of a Viceroy and mother of another Viceroy.
18. His name isn’t Christopher Columbus. Since he was Italian, his birth name is believed to be Cristoforo Colombo. In Spanish, his name is Cristobal Colon, and in Swedish, it’s Kristoffer ...
Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa [3] [4] who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Estelle Irizarry (1937-2017) was a Costa Rican professor emeritus of Hispanic literature at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. [1] She was one of the first historians to provide objective evidence based on scientific criteria and methodology to solve the mysteries surrounding the identity of Christopher Columbus.
Columbus initiated a centuries-old wave of terrorism, murder, genocide, rape, slavery, ecological degradation and capitalist exploitation of labor in the Americas." [64] [65] The monument to Christopher Columbus in New York City's Columbus Circle, whose hands were defaced with red paint on September 12, 2017.
Columbia, South Carolina – Christopher Columbus [154] Columbus, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio – Christopher Columbus (Italian explorer) Communipaw, New Jersey – Michael Reyniersz Pauw (director of the Dutch West India Company) (note the spelling) [153] Compton, California – Griffith D. Compton (settler) Conklin, New York – Judge John ...