Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator hired by the Spanish king and queen, Isabella and Ferdinand II. Why did Spain hire Christopher Columbus if he was not a citizen? Why did it take three refusals to finally receive funding? During the 15th century the world powers were able to influence the World Economy, the crusade was being held and the Muslim were holding their ground, and trading by land was becoming too dangerous. The times were settling down and change was on the horizon, during the 15th century the main reason for exploration and colonization was: God, Glory, and Gold, which held true for Christopher Columbus’s voyage. Born in 1451 Genoa, Italy, Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who began sailing …show more content…
“Money makes the world go “round”, after their war Spain was looking to make more gold to raise their status to a world power. The first sentence being filled with searching for gold, silver, pearls, and spices, proved this. Portugal, Christopher Columbus’s original land, refused the benefits. So when Christopher Columbus and Spain agreed, Spain granted him lands and lordship. Christopher Columbus also received monetary benefit of the trades he discovered. Six months after his return to Spain, Christopher Columbus made another voyage. He finds Hispaniola (his first settlement) destroyed, so he leaves his brothers and 500 native to fix and run the land. Then leaves on another fruitless search for valuables, such as gold, silver, pearls, spices, and silk. Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic for the third time. He visited Trinidad and the South American mainland before returning to the doomed Hispaniola settlement, where the colonists had staged a revolt against Columbus’s brothers’ ruling and brutality. Conditions were so bad that Spanish authorities had to send a new governor to take over for their citizens. Spain arrested Columbus and Returned him to the country in