The king and Queen of Spain.
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portugal paid for his expedition
His account of the voyage 1499 - 1501 includes descriptions of places he could not possibly have reached, (Pacific ocean, British Columbia, Antarctica.
Bristol and England paid for john Cabot's expedition
Amerigo went on his first expedition to the amazon and back. Then he was sponsored by Portugal went on his 2nd expedition and came back then died in 1512.
who paid for marco polo
Thomas Jefferson paid.
Dutch
Portugal
Several wealthy merchants of Bristol, England, paid for John Cabot's first expedition.
37.3% of 1499 = 37.3% * 1499 = 0.373 * 1499 = 559.127