# Nicholas de Ovando — The Columbiad character guide

> Nicholas de Ovando in The Columbiad by Joel Barlow.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ovando

**First appearance:** 0004-book-i

## Who they are

Spanish governor of Hispaniola who succeeded Bovadilla and opposed Columbus.

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