Drama at Home and Abroad: The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus

19/10/2020 27 min Temporada 1 Episodio 3

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Christopher Columbus stirs drama between Portugal and Spain upon his return from the New World.  Can Spain and Portugal settle their differences?  Does the geopolitical volatility affect the Second Voyage?  Will Columbus find new lands and islands on his return to the New World?  
Info on King John II of Portgual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_Portugal 
Info on King Ferdinand II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon 
Info on Queen Isabella I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile 
Info on the Treaty of Alcacovas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas 
Read the Christopher Columbus letter to Ferdinand and Isabella: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-064.pdf 
Papal Bull and Treaty of Tordesillas Lines: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Portugiesisch-Spanischer_Vertr%C3%A4ge.png 
Read the Papal Bull of 1493: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/alex06/alex06inter.htm 
Read Dr. Chanca’s letter on the Second Voyage of Columbus: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-065.pdf 
More Info on Diego Chanca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_%C3%81lvarez_Chanca 
More on the Treaty of Tordesillas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas 
Columbus Travel Map: By Keith Pickering - Own work based on content from http://www.gebco.net/, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17513848