Ferdinand Columbus
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Ferdinand Columbus was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus. His mother was Beatriz Enriquez de Arana, whom his father never married.
Allegory of the Transience of Life (ca. 1480–90), 33.3 x 22.6 cm, engraving printed on vellum. In the collection of the British Museum. This print by the anonymous fifteenth century engraver Master I. A. M. of Zwolle is one example of the early prints collected by Columbus.
Susanna Fontanarossa
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Susanna Fontanarossa was the mother of navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus.
Plaque dedicated to Susanna Fontanarossa in Gorreto
Commemorative marble plaque to Suzanna Fontanarossa in the village of Fontanarossa. The inscription reads In questo borgo nacque Susanna Fontanarossa, madre di Cristoforo Colombo ("Susanna Fontanarossa, the mother of Christopher Columbus, was born in this village"). Erected 1958.