From Palos, Columbus crosses Spain to Barcelona, …
Years: 1493 - 1493
April
From Palos, Columbus crosses Spain to Barcelona, where the monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand welcome him.
Claiming to have reached islands just off the coast of Asia, Columbus has brought with him Arawaks, artifacts, and some gold.
The royal couple agrees to back a second expedition.
Although Columbus had been sponsored by the Castilian queen, treasury accounts show no royal payments to him until 1493, after his first voyage is complete.
Spain now enters a Golden Age of exploration and colonization, the period of the Spanish Empire.
Locations
People
- Bartolomeu Dias
- Christopher Columbus
- Eleanor of Viseu
- Ferdinand II of Aragon
- Isabella I of Castile
- John II of Portugal
- Juan de la Cosa
- Martín Alonso Pinzón
- Vicente Yáñez Pinzón
Groups
- Arawak peoples (Amerind tribe)
- Lucayans
- Taíno
- Aragón, Kingdom of
- Aragon, Crown of
- Castile, Crown of
- Portugal, Avizan (Joannine) Kingdom of
- Canary Islands (Castilian colony)
Topics
- Age of Discovery
- Canary Islands, conquest of the
- Colonization of the Americas, Spanish
- Spanish Golden Age
