![]() Proceed with a sufficient armament to the said regions of India, and for So after having expelled the Jews from yourĭominions, your Highnesses, in the same month of January, ordered me to Westerly route, in which direction we have hitherto no certain evidence Should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Territories, and to learn their disposition and the proper method ofĬonverting them to our holy faith and furthermore directed that I Your Highnesses, asĬatholic Christians, and princes who love and promote the holy Christianįaith, and are enemies of the doctrine of Mahomet, and of all idolatryĪnd heresy, determined to send me, Christopher Columbus, to theĪbove-mentioned countries of India, to see the said princes, people, and Granted his request, whereby great numbers of people were lost,īelieving in idolatry and doctrines of perdition. Who might teach him our holy faith, and the holy Father had never Times he, and his predecessors had sent to Rome soliciting instructors Great Can, which in our language signifies King of Kings, how, at many Highnesses respecting the countries of India and of a Prince, called Present month, in consequence of the information which I had given your The hands of your Highnesses, and of the Prince my Sovereign and in the Year, I saw the royal banners of your Highnesses planted by force ofĪrms upon the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of thatĬity, and saw the Moorish king come out at the gate of the city and kiss Great city of Granada, where on the second day of January, this present Moors reigning in Europe, the same having been brought to an end in the Present year 1492, after your Highnesses had terminated the war with the Whereas, Most Christian, High, Excellent, and Powerful Princes, KingĪnd Queen of Spain and of the Islands of the Sea, our Sovereigns, this It might not be fair to lay the blame at Columbus' feet, but since all sides treat him as a symbol, such questions cannot be avoided. ![]() ![]() On the other hand, the direct result of this and later voyages was the virtual extermination, by ill-treatment and disease, of the vast majority of the Native inhabitants, and the enormous growth of the transatlantic slave trade. On the one hand, it is witness to the tremendous vitality and verve of late medieval and early modern Europe - which was on the verge of acquiring a world hegemony. The meaning of this voyage is highly contested. This document is the from the journal of Columbus in his voyage of 1492.
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