FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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They issued a letter of marque to his countryman, Amerigo Vespucci, who was given license to sink Columbus’s ships and steal his maps for Spain
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They tried to dissuade him from making the dangerous journey; Queen Isabella implored Columbus to join the priesthood
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They funded his expeditions to the New World, in the hopes of finding another sea route to the East Indies
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus made his transatlantic voyages under the sponsorship of Ferdinand II and Isabella I, the Catholic Monarchs of Aragon, Castile, and Leon in Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -What was the relationship between Isabella and Ferdinand, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, and Italian explorer Christopher Columbus? After Columbus requested funding from Portugal, France, and England, he finally got the financial support of Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
Detailed explanation-3: -The complex interwoven nature of Spanish dynastic politics meant that Ferdinand and Isabella were second cousins; they shared a great-grandfather in King John I of Castile (1358-1390).
Detailed explanation-4: -King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to fund his voyage because they believed that if a whole new sea route was to be discovered that landed in the Indies it would help Spain have the upper hand in the competition against Portugal. How did the Europeans respond to the news of Columbus’s first voyage?
Detailed explanation-5: -Their goals were to expand Catholicism and to gain a commercial advantage over Portugal. To those ends, Ferdinand and Isabella sponsored extensive Atlantic exploration.