On May 30th, 1498, Columbus left Sanlúcar, Spain with six ships for his third voyage to the New World. He was accompanied by Bartolomé de Las Casas. Columbus first sailed to the Portuguese island of Porto Santo and spent some time in Madeira with the Portuguese captain João Conçalves da Camara. He arrived at Gomera in the Canary Islands on June 19th.
Columbus first sailed to the Cape Verde Islands, where he unsuccessfully tried to obtain cattle. He sailed south west from Cape Verde on July 4th, and he sailed a bit off course, and ended up naming an island he found Trinidad. He noticed the amount of water on the south coast of Trinidad, and how it was all churned up. He realized that the large amount of water was evidence of a continent, not just an island. …show more content…
The natives there were extremely friendly and glad to trade pearls for European trinkets. A few days later, he set sail again and reached the Island of Margarita, where he found natives fishing for pearls. He obtained three bags by barter.
Columbus' health was poor at the time, and he now ordered the fleet to sail to Hispaniola. They arrived there on August 19th. Columbus returned to find that many Spanish settlers of the new colony were upset about lack of gold and "easy riches." A number of settlers fought against Columbus at the Spanish court because of this, accusing him of mismanagement. The king and queen sent the royal administrator, Francisco de Bobadilla, who arrived on August 23rd.
Columbus was told to hand over all forts and public property to Bobadilla. Columbus' authority was suspended and Bobadilla put him and his brothers-- Diego and Bartholomew -- prison. He did gain his freedom back, but lost his
Columbus first sailed to the Cape Verde Islands, where he unsuccessfully tried to obtain cattle. He sailed south west from Cape Verde on July 4th, and he sailed a bit off course, and ended up naming an island he found Trinidad. He noticed the amount of water on the south coast of Trinidad, and how it was all churned up. He realized that the large amount of water was evidence of a continent, not just an island. …show more content…
The natives there were extremely friendly and glad to trade pearls for European trinkets. A few days later, he set sail again and reached the Island of Margarita, where he found natives fishing for pearls. He obtained three bags by barter.
Columbus' health was poor at the time, and he now ordered the fleet to sail to Hispaniola. They arrived there on August 19th. Columbus returned to find that many Spanish settlers of the new colony were upset about lack of gold and "easy riches." A number of settlers fought against Columbus at the Spanish court because of this, accusing him of mismanagement. The king and queen sent the royal administrator, Francisco de Bobadilla, who arrived on August 23rd.
Columbus was told to hand over all forts and public property to Bobadilla. Columbus' authority was suspended and Bobadilla put him and his brothers-- Diego and Bartholomew -- prison. He did gain his freedom back, but lost his