Isabella I
Americannoun
noun
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The Spanish monarchs Isabella I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon financed the voyages of Christopher Columbus, who landed in the Caribbean in 1492 believing it was part of the Indies.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
Despite the Romanus Pontifex, the Spanish monarchs Isabella I of Castille and Ferdinand II of Aragon were not willing to allow Portugal to take the lead in establishing maritime trade with places outside Europe.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
The statue in California’s Capitol depicts Columbus appealing to Queen Isabella I, who financed his voyage to the New World in 1492 that began an era of colonialism in the Americas.
From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2020
The new statue joins others in town of figures I knew were Spanish — like Queen Isabella I, outside the Organization of American States — and those I didn’t.
From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2019
A harbor in Cuba is thus described by Columbus in a letter to Ferdinand and Isabella: I discovered a river which a galley might easily enter....
From The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West by Anderson, Robert Edward
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