egg of Columbus

Summary

egg of Columbus is an anecdote^[1]. It draws 298 Wikipedia views per month (anecdote category, ranking #3 of 4).^[2]

Key Facts

• egg of Columbus's image is recorded as Columbus Breaking the Egg' (Christopher Columbus) by William Hogarth.jpg^[3].
• egg of Columbus's instance of is recorded as anecdote^[4].
• Christopher Columbus is named after egg of Columbus^[5].
• egg of Columbus's Commons category is recorded as Egg of Columbus^[6].
• egg of Columbus's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02hqyf^[7].
• egg of Columbus's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[8].
• egg of Columbus's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Columbi_egg^[9].
• egg of Columbus's NicoNicoPedia ID is recorded as コロンブスの卵^[10].
• egg of Columbus's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as コロンブスの卵^[11].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for egg of Columbus include Tesla's Egg of Columbus^[12], a work^[13].

Why It Matters

egg of Columbus draws 298 Wikipedia views per month (anecdote category, ranking #3 of 4).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[15]

Entities named for it include Tesla's Egg of Columbus^[12], a work^[13].