Ferdinand and Isabella

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1. A king and queen of Spain in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. They united their country and sponsored the exploration of the New World by Christopher Columbus.

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Ferdinand and Isabella

To what degree was this idea that his voyage would be a way to outflank Islam explicit in the way he lobbied Ferdinand and Isabella to support him—if we know?

From Slate ● Oct. 12, 2020

All those he petitioned—including Ferdinand and Isabella at first—rebuffed him; their nautical experts all concurred that Columbus’s estimates of the width of the Atlantic Ocean were far too low.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

At the time, mercury was used as a remedy for skin disease, and both Ferdinand and Isabella had been treated accordingly — Ferdinand for syphilis, most likely.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 19, 2012

Did you know that originally Cuba was named Juana after Juana La Loca, the insane daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella?

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2012

But there was as yet no general crisis for the two-spheres theory: the geographers summoned by Ferdinand and Isabella to advise on Columbus’s plans had no hesitation in dismissing them out of hand.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton