Kingdom of Aragon

During the late 15th century Spain was ruled by King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile, who married and merged their kingdoms. Ferdinand and Isabella both shared a vision to spread their Christian faith, find more unification for trade around the world and gain riches. An Italian explorer who desired the same effects, Christopher Columbus, yearned for the king and queen to invest in his expedition as he was hoping to find glory through discovering a faster route to Asia. This fed…

Isabella I of Castile Isabella of Castile was a powerful queen who supported and funded Christopher Columbus’ many voyages and brought Castile’s crime rates to the lowest they had been in years. Isabella, daughter of Isabella of Portugal and John II of Castile was born on the 22nd of April, 1451. Sadly, her father died when she was three, leaving her half-brother, Henry IV as king (Historynet, 2016). At this time, Isabella was second in line for the throne, after her brother, Alfonso. Alfonso,…

Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Or at least on his first time around. Christopher Columbus was a young man who is credited by society to have “discovered” the new world. Columbus was born in 1451, about 40 years before he would discover the new world. He moved from his homeland to portugal where he married Felipa Perestrello. In 1480, he fathered a child with her, Diego, and when she died, he fathered another son with Beatriz Enriquez de Arana, with which he named Fernando. Columbus had…

Ferdinand of Aragon made progress for their lands and their people. They overcame and conquered what they could. Since Henry the IV, Isabella’s brother, never had a child, the opposition attempted to replace him with Afonso, her other brother. However, Afonso died before he could take the throne and the opposition's attempts to get Isabella to take his place failed. Since Isabella chose Henry’s side, he named her his heir. After becoming heir, in October 1469, Isabella married Ferdinand of…

Christopher Columbus’ ship should have been named Lady Luck. Why, you ask? Many people think that Christopher Columbus was an amazingly smart man who sailed the world and found America. Yet, when you read about his voyages in detail, you can’t help but wonder if it was his intelligence, or the way the tides happen to be working that week that landed him in North America. Christopher Columbus left Spain in 1492 looking to find India. When he landed in the Bahamas, he thought he had hit Asia and…

Some believe Ferdinand Magellan was worth defending, while others believe he was not. I believe Magellan was worth defending. Even though Magellan’s famous voyage was the cause of many lives, Magellan contributed with lots of information to the world. This is the main reason of as to why I believe Magellan was worth defending. Throughout this essay I will be listing details supporting this thesis. A mutiny spread during Magellan’s voyage around March 1520. Three ships rose up against the…

Over the course of history, Native Americans have become interpreted as the subject of periphery by cause of the ill assumptions of how the Christians described them as “Savages”. In the works of Christopher Columbus, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, and Bartolomé de las Casas, the Natives characterized as positive views in such ways that they were as civilized as the Spaniards. However, negative contexts indicated that Indians created war and show no signs of respect. No matter the view, there will…

Christopher Columbus /Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón was born 1479 in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands the oldest son of Christopher Columbus When his father managed the great voyage of discovery in 1492, Diego was made a page at the Spanish court. When his father’s died in 1506, he began a long struggle to regain his father’s former privileges in the Indies. Diego’s marriage to María Álvarez de Toledo, niece of the duque de Alba, the cousin of King Ferdinand, worked in his favour, and in 1508…

(1451-1506). On the morning of Oct. 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus stepped ashore on an island in what has since become known as the Americas. The arrival of his ships in the Western Hemisphere was one of the pivotal events in world history. It opened up a new world for Europeans and initiated the spread of Western civilization to a new hemisphere. But if these lands were a new world for Europeans, they were a very old world for the inhabitants Columbus and his successors encountered. Cultures…

Miscovich’s appearance at the bench trial was neither his first nor his last attempt to establish his claim to the emeralds, but it did represent his fullest public account of their discovery. To hear him tell it, the story started as every treasure hunt should: in a bar, with a beer, over a map and a piece of coral-encrusted clay. In January 2010, Miscovich said, a handyman who had done work for him in Pennsylvania, a guy named Mike Cunningham, had arranged a meeting at the Bull & Whistle, a…