# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/girolamo-benzoni
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:55:50.789Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/girolamo-benzoni"
name: "Girolamo Benzoni"
slug: "girolamo-benzoni"
description: "Girolamo Benzoni was a Milanese merchant and adventurer who spent fifteen years in the New World. In 1565 he published an account of his travels, Historia del Mondo Nuovo, which included vivid descriptions of Spanish cruelty to the native populations. Eleven editions of his book were published between 1565 and 1727 and its popularity contributed to an intense negative perception of Spain which would become known as the Black Legend."
tagline: "Italian writer (1519–1570)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fragment_titelpagina_voor_Girolamo_Benzoni%2C_Beschryvinghe_van_West-Indien%2C_waer_in_verhaelt_wordt%2C_de_eerste_vindingh%2C_RP-P-BI-4749_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1519"
deathDate: "1570"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             2.903225806451613
  historical:           8.075198666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Джироламо Бенцоні"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "جيرولامو بنزونى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Benzoni"
    title: "Girolamo Benzoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Benzoni"
    title: "Girolamo Benzoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Benzoni"
    title: "Girolamo Benzoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Benzoni"
    title: "Girolamo Benzoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Benzoni"
    title: "Girolamo Benzoni"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Benzo"
    title: "Hieronymus Benzo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE"
    title: "Бенцони, Джироламо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1236037"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump