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 * by Eva Ros **

the thought of columbus
The project of Columbus was to surround the world though the Atlantic Ocean. The conviction of Columbus in the possibility of a western ocean route to India was based on conversations he kept with sailors in ports. He though that the earth was round. this though was based on same trips to Madeira, Azores and canary islands. are many versions.

the leyend
One says that he met a Portuguese or Spanish pilot who lost in the ocean reached the Antillian islands and after a time there he could come back and talked to Columbus about that. Other talks antillian people that reached one of those islands. With this information that nobody knows how was obtained Columbus elaborated his project. Or that he consulted some history books like “Historia rerum ubique gestarum” from the pope Pio II o la “Imago munidi” the french cardinal Pierre d`Ailly and the correspondence and maps from Paolo del Pozzo Toscanelli. In the two first books there were references to biblic places located in western places. From Toscanelli he obtained information of china and Cipango.

the portuguese
Portuguese dynamism in their explorations by Africa encourages colon to present his project to the Portuguese court. The Portuguese didn’t accept.Then Christopher Columbus offered the project to the crown of Castile which after same years accept the project of Columbus.