Columbus promised a substantial amount of exotic spices, and other goods in exchange for support in his voyage.
The Queen of England had nothing to do with the voyages of Columbus. He sailed for Queen Isabella of Castile and Leon, part of what in the next generation, became Spain.
She wanted gold and spices
she wanted to help her kingdomm grow strong
Queen Isabella
from Spain wanted to increase her nation’s wealth too.
She agreed to finance
Banana
around 6years
Well i truly believe that they agreed because Christopher Columbus was going to bring back exotic spices.
Well they didn't actually fund him, the queen gave him her diamonds so he could sell them and fund himself. What the Spanish kings did was authorize him and gave him the title of governor of any territories he found. They did this because any findings would be of Spanish property and that meant that the Spanish kingdom could expand its lands and of course, find a new trade route to the east.
Yes, they did, upon the second time he went to them saying the world is round. He said that if he sailed west, he would find India and China much faster than going east. All the other major sea-going countries (France, Britain, Portugal) had all said no, so he went back to Spain.
king or queen and Parliament
around 6years
Funny I learned this in school a few weeks ago. It was actually her and the king who approved his voyage. They first said no. Columbus asked again soon later. They said yes because they lost a lot of money (I forgot how) and thought he and other voyagers with him would find a lot of gold in their travels.
Funny I learned this in school a few weeks ago. It was actually her and the king who approved his voyage. They first said no. Columbus asked again soon later. They said yes because they lost a lot of money (I forgot how) and thought he and other voyagers with him would find a lot of gold in their travels.
Well i truly believe that they agreed because Christopher Columbus was going to bring back exotic spices.
1490
He got the money from the king and queen of Spain. First he had tried to get it from the king of Portugal but he was refused because that king's scientists had gone over Columbus' calculations and decided (correctly, as it turned out) that the calculations were wrong and that Columbus would never find the Indies where he thought they were. All historians today agree that his discovery of America was pure luck.
Probably in the hope of gaining more overseas territory for Spain. Also for the rumoured riches that Columbus would bring back.
Well they didn't actually fund him, the queen gave him her diamonds so he could sell them and fund himself. What the Spanish kings did was authorize him and gave him the title of governor of any territories he found. They did this because any findings would be of Spanish property and that meant that the Spanish kingdom could expand its lands and of course, find a new trade route to the east.
yes
For protection
Yes, they did, upon the second time he went to them saying the world is round. He said that if he sailed west, he would find India and China much faster than going east. All the other major sea-going countries (France, Britain, Portugal) had all said no, so he went back to Spain.
sure