Christopher Columbus And His Brothers

The 46 page document shows columbus and his brothers bartolme and diego as tyrants who ruled through summary justice.

Christopher columbus and his brothers. His sisters name was bianchinetta. Before returning to spain columbus left his brothers bartholomew and diego to govern the settlement on hispaniola and sailed briefly around the larger caribbean islands further convincing himself. In 1492 1493 1498 and 1502. Christopher columbus christopher columbus the first voyage.

The name christopher columbus is the anglicisation of the latin christophorus columbus his name in ligurian is cristoffa corombo in italian cristoforo colombo and in spanish cristóbal colón. Christopher columbus was a despot who ruled his subjects with an iron fist. The brothers were released by the king and queen but columbus was removed from his position as governor of hispaniola. He was born between 25 august and 31 october 1451 in the territory of the republic of genoa now part of modern italy though the exact location remains disputed.

The explorer christopher columbus made four voyages across the atlantic ocean from spain. Funded by the crown bartholomew columbus traveled to hispaniola in 1494 to meet his brother where he was appointed as an adelantado a senior ranking governor during his brother s absences. His most famous was his first voyage commanding the ships the nina the. In 1484 according to tradition he visited henry vii of england and gave him a map of the world showing.

After his famous 1492 voyage of discovery christopher columbus was commissioned to return a second time which he did with a large scale colonization effort which departed from spain in 1493. The ships for the first voyage the niña pinta and santa maría were fitted out at palos on the tinto river in spain. Christopher columbus brothers names were bartholomew giovanni pellegrino deigo and giacomo. Although the second journey had many problems it was considered successful because a settlement was founded.

It would eventually become santo domingo capital of the present day dominican republic. Consortia put together by a royal treasury official and composed mainly of genoese and florentine bankers in sevilla seville provided at least 1 140 000 maravedis to outfit the expedition and columbus.