Ferdinand and Isabella
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That year, the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella completed their conquest of Moorish Granada.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2016
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
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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