Crown of Castile and his appointed colonial administrators in America led to his arrest and expulsion from Hispaniola in 1500, and subsequently to a protracted dispute over the benefits he and his heirs claimed were owed by the crown. His anthroponym is a global icon that inspired various names, such as that of a country: Colombia,[14] and two regions of North America: British Columbia, in Canada, and the District of Columbia, in the United States.