Columbus wouldn’t have found America without her

Columbus met the queen in Santa Fe to solicit assistance for the expedition that would lead to the settling of America by Europeans, so another event that the queen would come to be personally identified with was taking place while she was there. Isabella and her councilors deserve credit for the choice they made to sanction the historic voyage, even though they claim that she offered to donate her jewels to help finance the mission cannot be believed because Columbus only received a little amount of financial support from her.

On April 17, 1492, the conditions under which the expedition was to set out to find a new path to the Indies were drafted. On August 3, 1492, Columbus set off on his illustrious voyage, and as time would demonstrate, he discovered the Americas rather than arriving at his intended goal. Columbus was welcomed as a hero upon his return to Spain, ushering in a Golden Age of exploration and colonization that increased Queen Isabella I's notoriety and wealth. The following custom for earlier Atlantic discoveries like the Canary Islands, the New World that was explored as a result of that choice was annexed to the kingdom of Castile with papal approval.