Columbus is shown presenting his proposal to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella at Alcazar Castle in Cordoba in January 1492.

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Christopher Columbus sought economic support for an expedition west across the Atlantic Ocean to the rich lands of the East. After the courts of Italy and Portugal refused to fund an expedition, he met with success at the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella. In this nineteenth-century illustration, Columbus is shown presenting his proposal to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella at Alcazar Castle in Cordoba in January 1492.

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