USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus’ contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble title and the governorship of any lands he should encounter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Columbus had to petition King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella of Spain for two years for the exorbitant funds needed to make his voyage. The voyage cost approximately 2 million Spanish maravedis.

Detailed explanation-3: -He also kidnapped several Native Americans (between ten and twenty-five) to take back to Spain-only eight survived. Columbus brought back small amounts of gold as well as native birds and plants to show the richness of the continent he believed to be Asia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus was a well-known Italian explorer and coloniser. He is best known for the completion of four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that opened up the New World to further European conquest.

Detailed explanation-5: -Unsuccessful finding funding in Portugal, Columbus moved to Spain. In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabell, the joint monarchs of Spain, agreed to finance Columbus’s voyage in return for the gold, spices, and riches that he might find.