HIST 1018 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Bartolomeo Marchionni, Epicenter, Common Cold
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Columbus first sought support for his voyage in lisbon because it was the epicenter for atlantic exploration in the 15th century. Portuguese navigators - many sponsored traveled and settled on territory throughout the east atlantic basin. Many were able to establish trading posts which ultimately led to the success of merchants in lisbon as they made a lot of money of madeiran sugar. By the time columbus reached lisbon it was an established cosmopolitan for navigators, slave traders, and cartographers alike. He failed to gain support because he didn"t have the social connections in the court system to gain the king"s support. He was married to a women from a. Madeira sugar family which wasn"t high enough on the social hierarchy. King"s perception that columbus"s geographical perceptions were off. Columbus thought the world was small and shaped like a pear which sounded out of the realm of possibility to the.
