Christopher Columbus

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…was rejected by a royal maritime commission because of his miscalculations and because Portuguese ships were already exploring Africa. Columbus second son was born in 1486 Ferdinand Columbus. In 1492 he went to Queen Isabella and Kind Ferdinand and they agreed to sponsor the expedition. They sighed a contract stipulated that Columbus was to become viceroy of all territories he located; other rewards included a hereditary peerage and one-tenth of all precious metals found within his jurisdiction.