. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ition on the globe occu-pied by that land. CHAPTER III Diego de Nicuesa in Veragua—The MisfortunesOF THAT High-spirited Commander—The IslandOF THE Escudo 1504-1511 RETURNING from his last voyage, Co-limibus arrived in Spain on the 7th of No-vember, 1504. A short time after thisdied the Catholic Queen who had so greatly fav-ored him and on whose good will he based hishopes of securing the fulfilhnent of the obliga-tions entered into with him by the Crown whenhe launched forth on his perilous what has been said t
. History of the discovery and conquest of Costa Rica . ition on the globe occu-pied by that land. CHAPTER III Diego de Nicuesa in Veragua—The MisfortunesOF THAT High-spirited Commander—The IslandOF THE Escudo 1504-1511 RETURNING from his last voyage, Co-limibus arrived in Spain on the 7th of No-vember, 1504. A short time after thisdied the Catholic Queen who had so greatly fav-ored him and on whose good will he based hishopes of securing the fulfilhnent of the obliga-tions entered into with him by the Crown whenhe launched forth on his perilous what has been said to the con-trary, the King, Don Fernando, did not receivehim badly. Only the monarch was too astute apolitician not to recognize that there was a riskof jeopardizing vital interests of his own in con-firming to the Admiral the great privileges thathad been conceded. Among these was the grant of an hereditaryviceroyalty at an enormous distance from themetropolis. In full justice to the discoverer, heshould have been given what was his due, but it 46. (ioLi)iíx Disk Ornament. Natioiiiil Miir^cmii of CuMii Ri<;i. (Plioto. (i<)mez.) CONQUEST OF COSTA RICA 47 must be considered that on the part of the Kingthere mihtated powerful reasons of state forevading fulfilhnent of the promises made. DonFernando strongly desired to compose the con-flicting interests of the monarchy and the Ad-miral by awarding him some compensation, butthe latter would not make even the smallest con-cession in respect of his rights. In the midst ofthis controversy, Columbus was overtaken bydeath, in an inn at Valladolid, on the 20th ofMay, 1506. In the meantime the great fame of Veraguasriches had spread abroad, propagated by Colum-bus himself and by his companions. Amongthese were navigators too expert to permit thelocation of so marvelous a land to remain hid-den. Furthermore, certain intrepid adventur-ers, following the tracks of the Admiral, had ex-plored the coasts of the continent, touching atp
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