Bartolome Colon, founder of Santo Domingo, was the brother of which explorer?

Bartolome Colon, founder of Santo Domingo, was the brother of which explorer?

• A. Christopher Columbus
• B. Ferdinand Magellan
• C. Hernan Cortes
• D. Francisco Pizarro

Answer: (A)

Family ties among early Spanish explorers and the founding of Caribbean settlements are being tested here. Bartolomé Colón, Bartholomew Columbus, was Christopher Columbus’s brother. He played a crucial role in setting up Santo Domingo on Hispaniola, which became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas and the initial center of Spanish colonial governance. The other figures listed are famous explorers for other reasons—Magellan for circumnavigation, Cortés for the Aztec conquest, and Pizarro for the Inca conquest—but they were not related to Columbus. So the brother of Christopher Columbus is the correct connection.

Family ties among early Spanish explorers and the founding of Caribbean settlements are being tested here. Bartolomé Colón, Bartholomew Columbus, was Christopher Columbus’s brother. He played a crucial role in setting up Santo Domingo on Hispaniola, which became the first permanent European settlement in the Americas and the initial center of Spanish colonial governance. The other figures listed are famous explorers for other reasons—Magellan for circumnavigation, Cortés for the Aztec conquest, and Pizarro for the Inca conquest—but they were not related to Columbus. So the brother of Christopher Columbus is the correct connection.