Christopher Columbus
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Portugese king had tried to find a route to the Indies from the east for a long time.
Columbus explained that he believed he could reach the Indies from the west. In 1483
the Portugese king told Columbus that he would not pay for the journey because he
did not believe that Columbus could find the Indies from the west.
Columbus decided to ask the joint rulers of Spain, King Ferdinand of Aragon and
Queen Isabella of Castille, if they would pay for the journey. They met Columbus and
said that they would look at his plans with their own navigators. In 1490 the Spanish
navigators told the King and Queen that they thought Columbus had made some
mistakes with his plans and they should not agree to the journey.
During this time Columbus tried to interest the kings of France and England in his
plans. They were not interested either. Then, in the summer of 1492, Queen Isabella
suddenly agreed to finance the plan
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