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The first official document reporting Columbus’ return from his voyage to the Indies

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The missive, dated 3 May 1493, is probably the first official record of Columbus’ successful voyage to the Indies. It was sent by Juan II of Portugal to Ferdinand the Catholic to inform him of the admiral’s arrival in the port of Lisbon and the sending of the ambassador Rui de Sande to discuss the matter. The fortuitous event placed the Portuguese sovereign in a position of advantage over the discovery of Columbus and, in fact, compromised the foreign policy clauses of the 1479 Treaty of Alcaçovas between Spain and Portugal for the dispute and partition of the Atlantic Ocean and the African coast. The announced sending of the Portuguese ambassador is testimony to the diplomatic battle that was about to begin between the two crowns for control of Atlantic expansion and that would end with the Treaty of Tordesillas.

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Christopher Columbus

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Chistopher Columbus

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During the late 15th century and throughout the 16th century, knowledge of terrestrial geography, both physical and human, made great strides. Christopher Columbus, Giovanni Caboto and Amerigo Vespucci explored North and South America and consigned them to history. Meanwhile, Vasco da Gama was the first European to sail across the Indian Ocean to Asia, while Ferdinand Magellan and Francis Drake, who completed the circumnavigation of the globe, confirmed the geographic position of North and South America, which meanwhile became part of maps and world maps, in ever-increasing numbers.

This century of exploration saw the first contacts between different peoples that brought alliances, trade, wars and slavery. These contacts laid the foundation for the modern globalized world.

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