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Columbus Letter on the First Voyage

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Columbus Letter on the First Voyage
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Summary

Columbus Letter on the First Voyage is a letter[1]. It draws 2,314 Wikipedia views per month (letter category, ranking #11 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Christopher Columbus[3]
  • Instance of: version, edition or translation[4]
  • Part of: first voyage of Christopher Columbus[5]
  • Commons category: De insulis nuper inventis[6]
  • Language of work or name: Spanish[7]
  • Inception: February 15, 1493[8]
  • Publication date: March 14, 1493[9]
  • Has edition or translation: A Letter of Christopher Columbus[10], Q131600965[11]
  • Published in: Barcelona[12]
  • Title: Lettera ai Reali di Spagna[13]

Why It Matters

Columbus Letter on the First Voyage has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

Christopher Columbus

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 13d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Vatican library id (former scheme) → —
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  3. 16d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 12w ago · Andrew Dalby · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → letter, version, edition or translation
    Inception → +1493-02-15T00:00:00Z
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