Important Dates

Question 1

Columbus approaches King John II of Portugal for sponsorship

Answer 1

1486

Question 2

Approaches Ferdinand and Isabela for sponsorship

Answer 2

1486

Question 3

approaches others for sponsorship

Answer 3

1486-88

Question 4

Ferdinand and Isabela agree to give Columbus Sponsorship

Answer 4

1491

Question 5

Columbus’s first voyage

Answer 5

1492

Question 6

Columbus returns, in Portugal, from his first voyage

Answer 6

1493

Question 7

Treaty of Tordesillas

Answer 7

1494

Question 8

Columbus’s second voyage

Answer 8

1493

Question 9

Columbus lands on Jamaica

Answer 9

1494

Question 10

La navidad

Answer 10

1492 24th December

Question 11

Columbus returns to Spain to report progress and complains about how he was running the Isabela

Answer 11

1496

Question 12

Isabela built on his second voyage

Answer 12

1493

Question 13

Santo Domigo built by bartholomew

Answer 13

1496

Question 14

Magellan put in charge of 5 ships

Answer 14

1518

Question 15

Magellan sets sail

Answer 15

1519

Question 16

Juan Elcano returns after Magellan was killed

Answer 16

1522

Question 17

Council of the Indies formed

Answer 17

1524

Question 18

The New Laws

Answer 18

1542

Question 19

Rebellion broke out about the New Laws, led by Gonzalo Pizzaro

Answer 19

1544

Question 20

Casa de Contrataction

Answer 20

1503