Drama at Home and Abroad: The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus stirs drama between Portugal and Spain upon his return from the New World.  Can Spain and Portugal settle their differences?  Does the geopolitical volatility affect the Second Voyage?  Will Columbus find new lands and islands on his return to the New World?  

Info on King John II of Portgual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_Portugal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_Portugal) 

Info on King Ferdinand II: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon) 

Info on Queen Isabella I: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile )

Info on the Treaty of Alcacovas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Alc%C3%A1%C3%A7ovas) 

Read the Christopher Columbus letter to Ferdinand and Isabella: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-064.pdf  (https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-064.pdf )

Papal Bull and Treaty of Tordesillas Lines: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Portugiesisch-Spanischer_Vertr%C3%A4ge.png (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karte_Portugiesisch-Spanischer_Vertr%C3%A4ge.png) 

Read the Papal Bull of 1493: https://www.papalencyclicals.net/alex06/alex06inter.htm (https://www.papalencyclicals.net/alex06/alex06inter.htm) 

Read Dr. Chanca’s letter on the Second Voyage of Columbus: https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-065.pdf  (https://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-065.pdf )

More Info on Diego Chanca: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_%C3%81lvarez_Chanca (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_%C3%81lvarez_Chanca) 

More on the Treaty of Tordesillas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas )

Columbus Travel Map: By Keith Pickering - Own work based on content from http://www.gebco.net/ (http://www.gebco.net/), CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17513848 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17513848)