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This is our second episode on Christopher Columbus. This episode is about the ten years it took Columbus, ever the entrepreneur, to attract the lead investors and sponsors for his proposed expedition to the west, to negotiate the deal, and, having done that, to arrange for the three now famous ships, the crews, and supplies he would need for the voyage. The episode ends with the departure of the Columbian fleet from the Spanish port of Palos out the Rio Saltes on August 3, 1492. You can see Palos on the map below, just west of Seville in the south of Castille.
It might also be useful to familiarize yourself with the Atlantic islands, for which you can use your map app on your phone or stare at the map below:
Reference for this episode
Samuel Eliot Morison, The Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus
