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How did Columbus's voyage lead to a dispute between Spain and Portugal?

Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.


Where did Columbus get the money for his journey?

The Spanish Government under Ferdinand and Isabella/


How old was christopher Columbus when he retired?

People really didn't retire back at the day, like we do now. But Cristopher Columbus arrived back to Spain from his last (fourth) voyage to the New World at 1504, when he was 54 years old. Although he was arrested and imprisoned at age 48 and then brought back to Spain (because he had used torture to govern in the West Indies), that could be the age when his "career" ended. King Ferdinand released Columbus after only six weeks of inprisonment in Spain. Columbus wrote two books at his later years.


What country did Christoopher Columbus represent?

he asked portugal, but they were to occupied trying to find their way around africa, so he asked spain. spain was to occupied trying to kick all of the muslims out of spain. he then asked spain a year later, when the war was over, and they finally said yes.


What queen granted christpher Columbus permission to sail for Spain?

queen Isabella Christopher Columbus asked King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain for money to try out his idea of traveling west to reach the East. Queen Isabella refused Columbus at first. Later King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus three ships, a crew of about ninety men, and some money. The three ships were the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María.

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How did Columbus's voyage lead to a dispute between Spain and Portugal?

Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.


Did the King of Spain believe Columbus was a god?

No. The King of Spain was a Catholic and therefore believed in the God of the Bible. As an interesting note, the King of Spain was later disgusted with reports of vilely Columbus treated the Native Taínos on the island of Hispaniola and recalled his governorship.


Where did Columbus get the money for his journey?

The Spanish Government under Ferdinand and Isabella/


How old was christopher Columbus when he retired?

People really didn't retire back at the day, like we do now. But Cristopher Columbus arrived back to Spain from his last (fourth) voyage to the New World at 1504, when he was 54 years old. Although he was arrested and imprisoned at age 48 and then brought back to Spain (because he had used torture to govern in the West Indies), that could be the age when his "career" ended. King Ferdinand released Columbus after only six weeks of inprisonment in Spain. Columbus wrote two books at his later years.


What country did Christoopher Columbus represent?

he asked portugal, but they were to occupied trying to find their way around africa, so he asked spain. spain was to occupied trying to kick all of the muslims out of spain. he then asked spain a year later, when the war was over, and they finally said yes.


What queen granted christpher Columbus permission to sail for Spain?

queen Isabella Christopher Columbus asked King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain for money to try out his idea of traveling west to reach the East. Queen Isabella refused Columbus at first. Later King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella gave Columbus three ships, a crew of about ninety men, and some money. The three ships were the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María.


When was Sooner or Later in Spain created?

Sooner or Later in Spain was created in 2005.


Who found the us first Columbus or the Indians?

Indians. Columbus came later


How old was Christopher Columbus when he convinced the king and queen of England to pay for his expedition?

England had nothing to do with the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. They were sponsored by the Queen Isabel I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Later these two countries, ruled by the married couple as separate kingdoms, became Spain.


What country in Europe was Christopher Columbus from?

Historians now think he was Spanish. The theory is he took a different persona because his family were political rivals of the crown and the crown would never support his ideas. To back up this theory they point out he only spoke and wrote in Spanish and was married to a Spanish Nobel woman. A rough Italian sailor would never have been permitted to marry into a wealthy Spanish family in the 1400's. Who someone married was very important and political.


Who found Haiti?

Christopher Columbus landed on the island of Hispaniola in 1492 during his first voyage to the Americas and claimed it for Spain. Haiti, located on the western side of the island, was later colonized by the French.


Who owned the land that Christopher Columbus explored in the Americas?

When they got to America, the Native Americans where very nice and brought them food and gifts. But all Christopher Columbus wanted was gold....so he started to cut off their heads.So he fought the native Americans.