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    said no Christopher!” Queen Isabella bellowed, exhausted by the man’s pleading. “But please my lord, think of the riches! You know there is much gold to be found in Asia–and what about the spices, huh?! Aren’t you sick of bland food?!” The King, Ferdinand, sighed viciously at this futile begging. He was officially fed up with Columbus’s asinine requests. “This is the fifth time in two weeks that you can come to us with this ridiculous idea of sailing the Atlantic to find a quicker way to Asia. Don’t

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    Dulce Garcia Columbus Business Pitch Christopher Colum’s letter to the king and queen of Spain was written in the fifteenth century in Lisboa , to address his findings on these various island he stumbled upon.In this paper I will argue that Christopher Colom saw a massive opportunity to conquer and colonize the places he discovered.In this letter Colom writes and uses what he found as a business and religious conversion. The main points of the letter are

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    Before the accession of Ferdinand and Isabella, Spain was fragmented into four different kingdoms; Castile, Aragon, Navarre and Granada. They married in 1469 before either was on the throne but by the death of King Henry IV, Isabella took the crown for Castile this in turn meant that the two kingdoms became untied both Ferdinand and Isabella ruled in unison, this is uncommon as it was supposed to one monarch, however the way they ruled together made them very successful. Their motto being "Tanto

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    Columbus’ third voyage was commissioned with a writ from Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Of note, is the instruction that the monks and priests in the Indies work to convert “the natives of the Indies… to our holy Catholic faith.” This is the first royal writ to mention converting the tribes of Hispaniola to Christianity. Much of the remainder of the writ concerns how Columbus is to deal with the 330 some settlers and conduct the business of the colony, “in the prescribed manner.” How much grain

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    & Document Summary Period 1: 1491 – 1607 Document- Columbus reports on his first voyage 1493 - Spain (Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand) actually assisted Columbus in his attempts, in order to accumulate goods that were valuable during time such as gold. Furthermore, it also tried to help the Catholic church financially. - Columbus had written this letter to Ferdinand and Isabella as soon as he reached the New World (Americas) in order to portray some of the new findings that he had discovered

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    Christopher Columbus, born in 1451 in Genoa,Italy, believed that sailing to the west across the Atlantic Ocean was the shortest and fastest sea route to the continent of Asia. Columbus did not realize that the western hemisphere is between Europe and Asia. This led to Columbus making the assumption that the Earth was a third of its actual size. Like many others in this time period, Christopher Columbus was unbothered by the political allegiances. He was willing to sail for whatever country would

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    is worthy of all the praises. There are two literary works related to the subjects. The painting, “Christopher Columbus at the royal court of Spain,” was created in 1884 by Václav Brožík, and depicts Columbus requesting, from Queen Isabella, King Ferdinand and groups of courtiers, funding for additional voyages. The poem, “Prayer of Columbus,” written by Walt Whitman in 1874, expresses Columbus’s praise of God for all his achievements, believing that God would still be on his side even though he had

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    Christopher Columbus is an Italian Explorer who had convinced King Ferdinand, the Second and Queen Isabella the First to fund a voyage to Asia to establish trade with China, Japan, India, and the Spice Islands to get valuable spices and silks. Spain went with a foreign explorer because of his benefits over the local explorers. To see what these people's motives are and what they want I will do a background check for the King, the Queen, and Columbus. I’ll also go through why the King and Queen went

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    The myth was created and stuck for many centuries that the European expansion was peaceful. It was portrayed that Christopher Columbus was a hero of some sort. The reason for the Europeans actually finding the New World was really an accident. These myths stood tall for many years, it was taught in schools when we were younger, until the proper research was done to say otherwise. Columbus was actually seen as a joke in his country, and the Europeans were forced to find land elsewhere to conquer

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    Christopher Columbus known today as an infamous explorer begged many times for a journey to the East Indies, and was turned down for ships. Finally the Spanish queen had given three ships to sail for the journey, after Columbus said he was going to Italy for assistance. Later in the year 1492, Columbus sailed to the East Indies only to land in the island of Hispaniola, in America. This voyage involved three small ships, the Pinzon, the Nina, and the Santa Maria commanded by Columbus himself. All

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