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However, realizing that such a large collection of books would not be very useful without a way of organizing and distilling them, he employed an army of readers to read every book and distill it down to a short summary, or "[[epitome]]". The result was the [[Libro de los Epítomes|''Libro de los Epitomes'' (Book of Epitomes)]]. Soon after Hernando's death in 1539 at age 50, this volume went missing for nearly 500 years—until in 2019 it was serendipitously discovered in a [[University of Copenhagen]] special collection. Many of the early printed publications that the ''Book of Epitomes'' summarizes are now lost; but thanks to the out-of-wedlock [[bibliophile]] Hernando Columbus, eager to emulate in his own way his father and "legitimate" half-brother, invaluable insights are becoming available into the knowledge and thought of the early [[Modern Period]].<ref>[[Ari Shapiro]], "Christopher Columbus' Son Had an Enormous Library. Its Catalog Was Just Found", [[All Things Considered]], [[NPR]] newscast, 24 April 2019 [https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716600905/christopher-columbus-son-had-an-enormous-library-its-catalog-was-just-found]</ref>
[[File:Gira internacional USA - Steve Jobs (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Steve Jobs]]]]
In modern times, [[Steve Jobs]]' adoption as the result of his unmarried biological parents has been cited as a factor that influenced his life and career.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradford |first=Krista |date=2023-09-14 |title=The Good Search {{!}} National Retained Executive Search Firm |url=https://tgsus.com/best-of-blog/what-adoption-did-to-steve-jobs/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=The Good Search |language=en-US}}</ref> In his biography, Jobs confided to close friends that he was driven by the pain he felt about being put up for [[adoption]] and not knowing about his birth parents.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Batura |first=Jim Daly with Paul |date=2017-03-20 |title=The Improbable Adoption Story of Steve Jobs |url=https://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/improbable-adoption-story-steve-jobs/ |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Jim Daly |language=en-US}}</ref>
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