Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean Sea
Bartholomew Columbus, his brother, the Adelantado (“Advancer”)
Diego Columbus, his brother
Felipa Moñiz, his wife

Diego Columbus, his son with Felipa Moñiz
Ferdinand Columbus, his son with Beatriz de Arana

Ferdinand II of Aragon, king of Castile
Isabella I of Castile
Juan Rodríguez de Fonseca, bishop and chaplain to Isabella

João II of Portugal, the “Perfect Prince”
Manuel I of Portugal

Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, sailor of Palos, Spain
Martín Alonso Pinzón, brother of Vicente
Francisco Martín Pinzón, brother of Vicente
Diego Alvarez Chanca, physician, friend of Columbus
Juan de la Cosa, cartographer
Father Ramon Pané, priest, emissary to the Taínos
Antonio de Torres, associate of Columbus

Luis de Torres, translator on the first voyage

Guacanagarí, Taíno cacique
Guarionex, cacique
Caonabó, Carib cacique
Anacaona, Caonabó’s wife, executed by the Spanish
The Quibián, cacique

Alonso de Ojeda, Columbus’s lieutenant and rival
Amerigo Vespucci, Florentine bureaucrat and explorer
Francisco Roldán, mutineer on the third voyage
Francisco de Bobadilla, judicial investigator
Nicolás de Ovando, governor of Hispaniola
Francisco Porras, mutineer on the fourth voyage
Diego Méndez, leader of rescue mission on the fourth voyage

Bartolomé de Las Casas, soldier, friar, chronicler