Wealthy Jews of Castile Spain Helped Fund & Convince Queen Isabella to Invest in Christopher Columbus’ First Voyage

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Queen Isabella of Spain refused to support Christopher Columbus’ first voyage across the Atlantic until three wealthy Jews stepped in to provide a substantial portion of the cost in order to coax Isabella to back the ambitious venture, those jewish entrepreneurs named Louis Santangel, Gabriel Sanchez, and Isaac Abarabanel who must have convinced Isabella that they were Conversos (Jews converted to Catholicism) rather than Marranos (deemed fake converts).