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
Ferdinand and Isabella essentially appropriated the Inquisition for their own political ends.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2012
Columbus was determined to insist that he had seen land first because Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain had promised a lifetime pension to the first person to sight land.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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