King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain payed for his first expedition. They gave him a yearly allowance of 12,000 maravedis. Those were the gold coins used back then. All that gold would be worth about 1,620,000 US dollars today. They were paying big time.
Columbus asked John II of Portugal to pay for an expedition across the Atlantic.
in 1999,on a boat around the world
Quen Isabella of spain
In 1492, they finally sponsored him!
Christopher Columbus
Columbus asked John II of Portugal to pay for an expedition across the Atlantic.
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No, but Spain did.
Because it was the Columbus expedition that led to the setlement of America by Euopeans.
the King and Queen of Spain
7 to 9 yrs.
1492