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EPISODE · Oct 19, 2020 · 27 MIN

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

from Historical Context · host Jeremy LaKosh

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

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