Who translated Columbus's first-voyage letter into Latin in 1493?
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Leander de Cosco
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Who translated Columbus's first-voyage letter into Latin in 1493?
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Leander de Cosco
What 1502 book did Columbus compile to document royal grants owed to him?
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Book of Privileges
Which 1494 treaty shifted the Atlantic dividing line between Spain and Portugal?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Which pope issued the 1493 bull Inter caetera after Columbus's first voyage?
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Alexander VI
Which Dominican Republic capital was founded by Columbus's brother Bartholomew?
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Santo Domingo
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What 1502 book did Columbus compile to document royal grants owed to him?
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Book of Privileges
Which 1494 treaty shifted the Atlantic dividing line between Spain and Portugal?
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Treaty of Tordesillas
Which pope issued the 1493 bull Inter caetera after Columbus's first voyage?
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Alexander VI
Which Dominican Republic capital was founded by Columbus's brother Bartholomew?
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Santo Domingo
What term names the lawsuits by Columbus's heirs against the Crown of Castile?
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Pleitos colombinos
Which city was Columbus based in from 1477 to 1485?
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Lisbon
Who was the mother of Ferdinand Columbus?
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Beatriz Enríquez de Arana
Which Portuguese noblewoman did Christopher Columbus marry?
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Filipa Moniz Perestrelo
Which 1492 agreement set Columbus's terms with the Spanish Crown?
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Capitulations of Santa Fe
What language is Columbus presumed to have spoken as his native language?
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Genoese dialect