Negotations+and+Capitulaciones+de+Santa+Fe


   By : Sofía díaz esteban

1- Negotations and closing of ``Las Capitulaciones de Santa Fe´´
In 1492, the **Catholic Monarchs** completed the Reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula. The same year, for the month of February, the Catholic Monarchs agree to see Columbus in Santa Fe (Granada).  Columbus explains different reasons to the Catholic Monarchs to fund his expedition, such as: = -Economic reasons: they would have a direct trade with the East =

=- Powerful reasons: Spain would became an empire and could compete with advantage with Portugal = =- Religious Reasons: Christianity would reach unsuspected limits = =The intervention of **Luis de Santangel*** is crucial at this point as he persuades the Queen to finance Colombus expedition.  Finally, on April 1, Isabel approves the project.  <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The negotiations end on April 17, 1492, giving rise to the **Capitulations of Santa Fe.** = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In this agreement, drawn up by **Juan de Coloma*** (secretary of the Aragonese Court)are stipulated the following rewards: = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">1 .- Appointment of Admiral and Don for all his life and his heirs, all those islands and mainland that were discovered = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">2 .- Granting of the title and position of viceroy and governor of all lands discovered or won. = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">3 .- Grant tenth of all goods and products of any kind obtained in the discovered lands. = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">4 .- The right to serve as a judge in any kind of problems related to wealth = =<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12pt; color: black; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">5 .- The right to participate in one eighth of the profits of the entire fleet and the grant of trade with the countries identified. =

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">2-Original text of ``Las Capitulaciones de Santa Fe´´
// (...) Primeramente que Vuestras Altezas como Señores que son de las dichas Mares Oceanas fazen dende agora al dicho don Christoval Colon su almirante en todas aquellas islas y tierras firmes que por su mano o industria se descubriran o ganaran en las dichas Mares Oceanas para durante su vida, y después del muerto, a sus herederos e successores de uno en otro perpetualmente con todas aquellas preheminencias e prerrogativas pertenecientes al tal officio, e segund que don Alfonso Enríquez, quondam, Almirante Mayor de Castilla, e los otros sus predecessores en el dicho officio, lo tenían en sus districtos. //

// Otrosí que Vuestras Altezas fazen al dicho don Christoval su Visorey e Governador General en todas las dichas tierras firmes e yslas que como dicho es el descubriere o ganare en las dichas mares, e que paral regimiento de cada huna e qualquiere dellas, faga el eleccion de tres personas para cada oficio, e que Vuestras Altezas tomen y scojan uno el que mas fuere su servicio, e assi seran mejor regidas las tierras que Nuestro Señor le dexara fallar e ganar a servicio de Vuestras Altezas.

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: left;">__Juan de Coloma*__
<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Georgia, serif; msoansilanguage: EN-GB;">Plebeian origin and christian, he entered young in the palace of King John II of Aragón, who appointed him as his secretary since 1462

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<span style="font-size: 110%; color: #000000; font-family: Georgia, serif;">__Luis de Santángel*__
<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Georgia, serif;">Scribe of the Crown of Aragon and protector of Christopher Columbus. His main function in the King Ferdinand’s court was the financial function: lending money to Monarch .He met Columbus in 1486.Luis established a great friendship with him.