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17th April 1492: Christopher Columbus given funding by Spain to explore across the Atlantic
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Publish Date: 2018-04-16 21:05:28
Description: On the 17th April 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand – signed an agreement to support Christopher Columbus’ voyage in which he crossed the Atlantic and discovered the Americas. The Capitulations of Santa Fe granted a number of official titles to Columbus as well as ten per cent of any treasure he was able to secure.  The Capitulations mention the possibility of pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and – just in case he found anything else – “other objects of whatever kind, name and sort”. Columbus’ plan was not to reach the Americas.  He ...
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