USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1492, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to pay for his trip. They gave him a crew and three ships: the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. Columbus sailed aboard the Santa Maria.

Detailed explanation-2: -While Isabella may have suggested selling the jewels at some point, her advisers assured her there were other ways to finance Columbus’s journey. The best way to get money, they told her, was to make the city of Palos pay back a debt to the crown by providing two of the ships.

Detailed explanation-3: -When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had helped finance his trip. The letter was written in Spanish and sent to Rome, where it was printed in Latin by Stephan Plannck.

Detailed explanation-4: -Caravels of Columbus With a crew of 90 men and three ships-the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria-he left from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. Columbus reasoned that since the world is round, he could sail west to reach “the east” (the lucrative lands of India and China).

Detailed explanation-5: -He persuaded King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I to sponsor his quest to find a westward route to China, India, and Japan-lands then known as the Indies. The monarchy considered Columbus’s expedition as an opportunity to expand Spain’s trading network into the Indies’ lucrative economy.