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Columbus wanted 10% of any riches produced in the land he might discover and he wanted the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, which would be passed to his descendants. He never got any of what he bargained for. He spent the last 10 years of his life haggling over his right to 10% of the revenues of the New World.

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