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February 16, 2009
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Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (1492)
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Audience at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (1492)
 
This panel depicts Queen Isabella listening attentively to Columbus's explanation of his map, with King Ferdinand at her side. On April 17, 1492, the agreement to finance the voyage was signed. Beside this panel are figures of Alonzo d'Ojeda, a Spanish adventurer who accompanied Columbus to the New World, and Queen Isabella.
 

 


 

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