Ferdinand and Isabella
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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
Columbus in his letter to Ferdinand and Isabella describes his crew as “weak and humbled in spirit” by the tempest, “many of them promising to lead a religious life.”
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2013
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
The Caribbean was a Spanish pond at the time, and Henry VII was trying to get Ferdinand and Isabella to marry their daughter to his son, the Prince of Wales.
From New York Times ● Jun. 18, 2012
They were always showing Columbus discovering America, having one helluva time getting old Ferdinand and Isabella to lend him the dough to buy ships with, and then the sailors mutinying on him and all.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
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