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Bartholomew Columbus

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Bartholomew Columbus (Genoese: Bertomê Corombo; Portuguese: Bartolomeu Colombo; Spanish: Bartolomé Colón; Italian: Bartolomeo Colombo; c. 1461 – 12 August 1514) was a Genoese explorer and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomew Columbus is the 107th most popular explorer (down from 101st in 2019), the 1,253rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Italian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Bartholomew Columbus ranks 107 out of 498. Before him are James Clark Ross, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, and Frederick de Houtman. After him are João Gonçalves Zarco, Heinrich Barth, Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Fernão Mendes Pinto, and Martín Alonso Pinzón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1460, Bartholomew Columbus ranks 8. Before him are Juan Ponce de León, Lorenzo Costa, Johann Tetzel, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, Tristão da Cunha, and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples. After him are Juan de la Cosa, Tilman Riemenschneider, Jacopo de' Barbari, Judah Leon Abravanel, Geertgen tot Sint Jans, and Andrea Solari. Among people deceased in 1515, Bartholomew Columbus ranks 6. Before him are Louis XII of France, Afonso de Albuquerque, Aldus Manutius, Meñli I Giray, and Alonso de Ojeda. After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Mariotto Albertinelli, Abraham Zacuto, Barbara of Brandenburg, Barbara Zápolya, and Pietro Lombardo.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Bartholomew Columbus ranks 1,253 out of 5,161. Before him are Giovanni Giolitti (1842), Mauro Giuliani (1781), Anastasius Bibliothecarius (815), Rodolfo Gucci (1912), Pietro Gasparri (1852), and Thomas Cajetan (1469). After him are Justa Grata Honoria (417), Quintus Tullius Cicero (-102), Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Antonio Segni (1891), Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), and Lars Porsena (-600).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Bartholomew Columbus ranks 9. Before him are Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Sebastian Cabot (1484), and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852). After him are Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), Alejandro Malaspina (1754), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), and Eusebio Kino (1645).

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