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Bartholomew Columbus
Italian explorer (c.1461–1515)
Bartholomew Columbus (Genoese: Bertomê Corombo;[1]Portuguese: Bartolomeu Colombo; Spanish: Bartolomé Colón; Italian: Bartolomeo Colombo; c. 1461 – 12 August 1515) was a Genoese explorer and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.
Biography
Born in Genoa in the 1461, Bartholomew became a mapmaker in Lisbon, the principal center of cartography of the time, and conceived with his brother the "Enterprise of the Indies", a planned expedition to reach the Orient and its lucrative spice trade by a western rather than an eastern route.
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In 1489 he went to England to seek assistance from Henry VII for the execution of the expedition. He was taken by pirates and landed in England in a destitute condition, and on presenting himself at Court was unfavorably received.
He then sought help at the court of Charles VIII in France, again without success.[2]
Meanwhile, his brother Christopher was in C