Girolamo Benzoni

Girolamo Benzoni was an explorer, historian, writer, discoverer, seafarer and chronicler (1519–1570). He was born at Milan and died at Spain.

Girolamo Benzoni in brief

Born
1519
Died
1570
Known for
explorer, historian, writer, discoverer, seafarer and chronicler
Place of birth
Milan
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Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1572 to 2017.

Flight from Pompeii, dated 1873, marble, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1900.83. The history of the New World : Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del mondo nuovo / Girolamo Benzoni ; edited by Robert C. Schwaller and Jana Byars ; translated by Jana Byars., dated [2017], held by Wellcome Collection. La historia del Mondo Nuovo ... Laqual tratta delle isole, et mari nuovamente ritrovati, et delle nuove città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, et per terra in quattordeci anni / Nuovamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria., dated 1572, held by Wellcome Collection. Beschryvinghe van West-Indien, waer in verhaelt wordt, de eerste vindingh van de eylanden, steeden ... beschreven door Jeronimus Benzonius van Milanen; en uyt het Italiaens overgeset door Carel Vermander, dated 1666, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

14 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

LA HISTORIA DEL MONDO NUOVO DE GIROLAMO BENZONI Y LA LEYENDA NEGRA DEL IMPERIO ESPAÑOL, Encrucijadas en la cultura italiana., 2022. Girolamo Benzoni (1519–?), Race in Early Modern England, 2007. The History of the New World: Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo ‐ by Benzoni, Girolamo, Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2018. History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan., 2017. Ethnographer's Sketch, Sensational Engraving, Full-Length Portrait: Print Genres for Spanish America in Girolamo Benzoni, the De Brys, and Cesare Vecellio, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2011. New β -decaying state in Bi214, Physical Review C, 2021. Historia del nuevo mundo, 1989. La historia del Mundo Nuevo, 1969. Source Criticism and the Temporality of Images: An Episode from Girolamo Benzoni’s Historia del Mondo Nuovo (1565) and the Survival of Antiquity, International Journal of the Classical Tradition, 2026. History of the New World. Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo by Girolamo Benzoni (review), 2018. The History of the New World: Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo - by Benzoni, Girolamo, Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2018. History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan : Shewing his Travels in America, from A.D. 1541 to 1556: with some Particulars of the Island of Canary, 2017. I diritti umani da Girolamo Benzoni a Vargas Llosa, con una riflessione su Colombo amministratore di giustizia, 2014. López de Gómara y la desdicha mediterránea de Hernán Cortés. Fuentes clásicas y trascendencia narrativa del relato de la batalla de Argel de 1541, Studia Historica: Historia Moderna, 2025.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

La Historia del Mondo Nuovo (1565) — Internet Archive. History of the New World (1857) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1519Girolamo Benzoni born at Milan.
  2. 1565La Historia del Mondo Nuovo digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1570Girolamo Benzoni died at Spain.
  4. 1572La historia del Mondo Nuovo ... Laqual tratta delle isole, et mari nuovamente ritrovati, et delle nuove città da lui proprio vedute, per acqua, et per terra in quattordeci anni / Nuovamente ristampata, et illustrata con la giunta d'alcune cose notabile dell'Isole di Canaria. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1666Beschryvinghe van West-Indien, waer in verhaelt wordt, de eerste vindingh van de eylanden, steeden ... beschreven door Jeronimus Benzonius van Milanen; en uyt het Italiaens overgeset door Carel Vermander (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1857History of the New World digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1873Flight from Pompeii (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  8. 2017The history of the New World : Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del mondo nuovo / Girolamo Benzoni ; edited by Robert C. Schwaller and Jana Byars ; translated by Jana Byars. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Ethnographer's Sketch, Sensational Engraving, Full-Length Portrait: Print Genres for Spanish America in Girolamo Benzoni, the De Brys, and Cesare Vecellio, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Girolamo Benzoni (1519–?), Race in Early Modern England, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    History of the New World, by Girolamo Benzoni, of Milan., 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    LA HISTORIA DEL MONDO NUOVO DE GIROLAMO BENZONI Y LA LEYENDA NEGRA DEL IMPERIO ESPAÑOL, Encrucijadas en la cultura italiana., 2022

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    The History of the New World: Girolamo Benzoni's Historia del Mondo Nuovo ‐ by Benzoni, Girolamo, Bulletin of Latin American Research, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Girolamo Benzoni.

    open access index · Unverified

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Girolamo Benzoni as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Girolamo Benzoni.

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  9. 9.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Girolamo Benzoni.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 6 works naming Girolamo Benzoni.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1236037: Girolamo Benzoni

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  12. 12.

    “Girolamo Benzoni”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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