In 1492,Navigator Christopher Columbus an Italian Knight and explorer from Genoa, Italy sponsored by Isabella's jewels and Ferdinand was commissioned to finds a short cut to the Spice Islands as Mediterranean Sea was virtually blocked by Ottoman Corsairs fleet who raided and pillaged Christian shipping by plundering cargoes and taking male prisoners into slavery and women into Turkish Harems. Thus determined to find a new safe navigational route to India the brave Columbus discovered the New World for Europe under the Knight Red Cross emblazoned on the fore sail of the Santa Maria, claimed the rich, unspoiled territory for Spain. Ferdinand and Isabella’s subsequent decision to encourage vigorous colonial activity in the Americas led to a period of great prosperity and imperial supremacy begins and an unprecedented Golden Age for Spain.
NOTA BENE:
Brief Preliminary Historical Background:
RECONQUESTA
King Ferdinand of Aragon marries the legendary beautiful QueenIsabella of Castile in Valladolid, thus beginning a cooperative reign that would unite all the dominions of Spain and elevate the nation to a dominant world power. The Crown continues the reconquesta which began in Northwest province of Santiago asFerdinand and Isabella incorporated a number of independent Spanish dominions into their kingdom and in 1478. Following seven/8 centuries of being occupied and divided by foreign forces and their alien religions in. To repulse these intruders, Spain utilizes an inquisition a powerful and sometimes brutal force of reunification and homogenization in Spanish society. In 1492, the final reconquest of Spain with the capture of the great & powerful Granada City, the last stronghold and fortress from the Muslim Moors was completed. The crown began major efforts to solidify the Iberian peninsula and gave draconian orders to all Spanish Jews the option of pledging allegiance to & converting to Christianity or face expulsion from Spain. Four years later the once occupying Muslims in Spain were handed a similar choice.
In 1492,Navigator Christopher Columbus an Italian Knight and explorer from Genoa, Italy sponsored by Isabella's jewels and Ferdinand was commissioned to finds a short cut to the Spice Islands as Mediterranean Sea was virtually blocked by Ottoman Corsairs fleet who raided and pillaged Christian shipping by plundering cargoes and taking male prisoners into slavery and women into Turkish Harems. Thus determined to find a new safe navigational route to India the brave Columbus discovered the New World for Europe under the Knight Red Cross emblazoned on the fore sail of the Santa Maria, claimed the rich, unspoiled territory for Spain. Ferdinand and Isabella’s subsequent decision to encourage vigorous colonial activity in the Americas led to a period of great prosperity and imperial supremacy begins and an unprecedented Golden Age for Spain.