The+return+of+the+first+voyage

by Noelia Pozanco and Sofía del Barrio The trip of return of the caravels, the Pinta and La Niña began the 16 of January in 1943. During the trip, the boats became separated due to a storm. Columbus arrived in La Niña, to a port in Lisbon, in Portugal.   The 9 of March Columbus visited [|Juan II]in Val do Paraiso and the 15 of March La Niña arrived to Palos.   At the beginning of April, being in Seville, the Admiral received a letter of the kings, who were confirming to him the titles promised in Santa Fe and begged him to go to Barcelona to prepare a new expedition. Before dividing, the Admiral wrote along memorial to Isabella and Ferdinand, which gave his ideas for the first large-scale colonization of the newly discovered lands. Among other things suggested that la Española were colonized by two thousand immigrants volunteers and proposed various measures.  The kings received the Admiral in the beginning of April in the [|palace Tinell]in Barcelona. There Columbus narrated, in this first meeting from his arrival, the events of his trip. The Admiral showed to the kings’ proof of his trip: plants, fruits, animals, gold and he presented six Indians who had survived the voyage of return.  The kings [|Ferdinand and Isabella] baptize the Indians and they were his godparents. Sovereigns knelt with them all and those present, thanking God for blessings received.

Columbus was given the privilege to include in its coat of arms the official emblems of Castile and Leon , and was granted a donation of a thousand doubloons.