![]() There is a fascinating, and ongoing, debate about where Colón’s body is now – there is an impressively elaborate tomb in Seville Cathedral but Santo Domingo, in the Caribbean, still claims the bones remain there. To use Ruffle, simply double-click the executable and select the SWF file you wish to play. Sadly for Colón, he did not prove quite as adept at managing his own finances, and died penniless in Valladolid in 1506. First, download the appropriate executable for your operating system from our downloads. ![]() This journey, with subsequent ones in 1493, 14, led to Colón being named as Admiral of the Ocean Sea by the monarchs and the establishment of the American colonies that would lead to such an influx of wealth to Spain for the next two centuries. Fernando was motivated by the need to replenish the funds that had been exhausted by the long drawn-out conflict with Granada Isabella by the possibility of being able to bring more people to Catholicism. In April of that year, after the glory of Granada was re-established and the Mezquita converted into a Catholic church, the rulers gave sufficient funds to Colón for him to undertake his long dreamed of voyage west, searching for a new trade route to the Orient. The year 1492 was truly a remarkable year for the Monarchs.
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