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Who funded Christopher Columbus's voyages?

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larisa86 [58]2 years ago
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It was "c. Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain" who <span>funded Christopher Columbus's voyages, since all of the other people he want to thought that this mission would be a waste of money. </span>
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