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306: Columbus: The Adventure Begins (Part 1)

The Rest Is History

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Are You Going to Granada?

The four voyages of Christopher Columbus are available now for members of the rest is history club. In April 1492, Ferdinand and Isabella Nisabela reconvened in Santa Fe outside the walls of Granada to decide how they wanted him to be remembered. They decided that he should become high Admiral of the Ocean Sea and Viceroy or Don Christopharo Colombo. He's actually going there preeminently, even more than his desire to find gold for Ferdinand to conquer Jerusalem or any of that kind of stuff. But finally, after all this faffing around, he has the permission he needs. And he can now get on with planning this extraordinary voyage.

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