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Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored Columbus' first voyage.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, so Spain sponsored him.
England sponsored James Cook.Cook was hired in 1766 by the Royal Geographic Society who sponsored Cook's first expedition to observe the transit of Venus in 1769. This journey was co-sponsored by the British Admiralty.Cook's other voyages were also planned as scientific explorations and were commissioned and sponsored by George III of England and the Admiralty.
Bartolomeu Dias was sponsored by Portugal. He was a Portuguese explorer who led the first European expedition to round the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
Christopher Columbus was hired and funded by Spain, specifically by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile. They sponsored his voyages in the late 15th century, seeking a westward route to Asia for trade purposes. Columbus's first expedition in 1492 ultimately led to his discovery of the Americas.
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Spain was the first country to import enslaved Africans to the Americas :)
Key figures involved in the Roanoke colony include Sir Walter Raleigh, who sponsored the expedition, John White, who was the governor, and Eleanor Dare, who was the daughter of John White and mother of the first English child born in the Americas, Virginia Dare.
They first sponsored his voyage because they believed it would lead to China and the wealth that would come with it. Then they sponsored his subsequent voyages to gain wealth from the Americas!
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