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Columbus promised his benefactors, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, to bring back gold, spices, and silks from the Far East, to spread Christianity, and to lead an expedition to China.
"On kin of Cain was the killing avenged
<span>by sovran God for slaughtered Abel."
This, of course, refers to Cain and Abel from the Bible. According to the Bible, they were two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain killed his own brother, Abel, and thus further cursed the mankind.</span>
