Bartholomew columbus biography
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Bartholomew columbus biography
Bartholomew Columbus
Italian explorer (c–)
Bartholomew Columbus (Genoese: Bertomê Corombo;[1]Portuguese: Bartolomeu Colombo; Spanish: Bartolomé Colón; Italian: Bartolomeo Colombo; c.&#; – 12 August ) was a Genoese explorer and the younger brother of Christopher Columbus.
Biography
Born in Genoa in the , 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.
In 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 Castile trying to persuade Isab