Search results
5 days ago · (1480 – 1521) In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands. En route he discovered what is now known as the Strait of Magellan and became the f
Aug 29, 2024 · Christopher Columbus - Explorer, Voyages, Discoveries: The debate about Columbus’s character and achievements began at least as early as the first rebellion of the Taino Indians and continued with Roldán, Bobadilla, and Ovando. It has been revived periodically (notably by Las Casas and Jean-Jacques Rousseau) ever since. The Columbus quincentenary of 1992 rekindled the intensity of this ...
Oct 9, 2023 · Several European countries had rejected Columbus. For nearly a decade, Columbus lobbied European monarchs to bankroll his expensive quest to discover a western sea route to Asia.
Columbus kneeling to Queen Isabella II of Spain, who funded his New World journey. The Mariners’ Museum 1950.0315.000001 Watercolor of Columbus’s ships on his first voyage.
Oct 10, 2007 · By AD. F. Bandelier Transcribed by Janet van Heyst Dedicated in honor of Fr. Moses M. Nagy, O. Cist.
Oct 26, 2017 · Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was a Genoese navigator and explorer. In the late 15th century, Columbus believed that it would be possible to reach the lucrative markets of eastern Asia by heading west, instead of the traditional route which went east around Africa.
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian navigator and explorer Christopher Columbus [a] led four transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain to the Caribbean and to Central and South America.
