Christopher Columbus King And Queen

After his expedition request was turned down by the king of portugal columbus took his plans to spain s king ferdinand and queen isabella who initially turned him down as well.

Christopher columbus king and queen. Christopher columbus christopher columbus the first voyage. In 1488 columbus appealed to the court of portugal once again and once again john ii invited him to an audience. On april 17 1492 before his first voyage to the americas columbus negotiated a business contract with king ferdinand and queen isabella of spain entitling him to 10 of all profits. The king submitted columbus proposal to his experts who rejected it.

The ships for the first voyage the niña pinta and santa maría were fitted out at palos on the tinto river in spain. He was born between 25 august and 31 october 1451 in the territory of the republic of genoa now part of modern italy though the exact location remains disputed. Most high and mighty sovereigns in obedience to your highnesses commands and with submission to superior judgment i will say whatever occurs to me in reference to the colonization and commerce of the island of espanola and of the other. Christopher columbus made landfall on an island which he called espanola in december 1492 after setting sail from spain about four months earlier during his first voyage.

Christopher columbus letter to the king and queen of spain undated probably 1494 short introduction. After at least two rejections he at last obtained royal support in january 1492. By 1486 columbus was firmly in spain asking for patronage from king ferdinand and queen isabella. Having convinced the king and queen of spain to finance his voyage christopher columbus departed mainland spain on august 3 1492.

After eight years of repeated requests to back his expedition the royal couple relented granting columbus three small ships. Consortia put together by a royal treasury official and composed mainly of genoese and florentine bankers in sevilla seville provided at least 1 140 000 maravedis to outfit the expedition and columbus. Letter to the king and queen of spain circa 1494 most high and mighty sovereigns in obedience to your highnesses commands and with submission to superior judgment i will say whatever occurs to me in reference to the colonization and commerce of the island of espanola and of the other islands both those already discovered and those that may be discovered hereafter. How was the first voyage of columbus to the new world undertaken and what was its legacy.

The niña the pinta and the santa maria on which he set out in 1492. In this contract the spanish sovereigns agreed. He continued to explore the caribbean taking possession of the islands in the name of spain god and his sponsors king ferdinand and queen isabella. This was achieved chiefly through the interventions of the spanish treasurer luis de santángel and of the franciscan friars of la rábida near huelva with whom columbus had stayed in the summer of 1491.