the ledger of connections
The Connections of Christopher Columbus
Genoese navigator whose Atlantic crossings joined two worlds Every person recorded alongside Christopher Columbus in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Christopher Columbus in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Domenico Colombo, Susanna Fontanarossa
- Spouses
- Beatriz Enríquez de Arana
- Siblings
- Bartholomew Columbus, Diego Colombos
- Influenced by
- Paolo Toscanelli, Claudius Ptolemy, Marco Polo, Pierre d'Ailly, John Mandeville
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1450 to 1506.
Early Modern era
Martin Luther
November 10, 1483 – February 18, 1546
Reformer whose 95 Theses split Western Christianity
Early Modern era
Anne Boleyn
1501 – May 19, 1536
Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Early Modern era
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
February 24, 1500 – September 21, 1558
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556 (1500–1558)
Early Modern era
Atahualpa
March 20, 1502 – August 29, 1533
Last Incan emperor
Early Modern era
Leonardo da Vinci
April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519
Renaissance polymath — painter of the Mona Lisa, engineer, and anatomist
Early Modern era
Michelangelo
March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564
Sculptor and painter of the Sistine Chapel and David
Early Modern era
Ferdinand Magellan
1480 – April 27, 1521
Portuguese explorer whose expedition first circled the globe
Medieval era
Lucien, Lord of Monaco
1481 – August 22, 1523
Lord of Monaco
Medieval era
Guru Nanak
April 15, 1469 – September 22, 1539
First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism
Medieval era
Ignatius of Loyola
October 23, 1491 – July 31, 1556
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
Medieval era
Selim I
October 10, 1470 – September 22, 1520
9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520
Medieval era
Mehmed the Conqueror
March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481
Seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)