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 signing legal documents that stated the command given him by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and that he would be well rewarded if he found a new route to the riches believed to be to the west of Europe.
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 signing legal documents that stated the command given him by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and that he would be well rewarded if he found a new route to the riches believed to be to the west of Europe.
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