Capitulations of Santa Fe

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The Capitulations of Santa Fe were the 1492 agreements between Christopher Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs of Spain that granted him titles, privileges, and a share of profits from his planned voyage to the Indies, laying the legal foundation for Spanish exploration of the Americas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Capitulaciones de Santa Fe ⓘ
archivalLocation Archivo General de Indias (copy) ⓘ
authorizedActivity search for a westward route to Asia ⓘ
voyage to the Indies ⓘ
category 1492 in Spain ⓘ
1492 in law ⓘ
Spanish exploration in the Age of Discovery ⓘ
country Crown of Castile ⓘ
dateSigned 1492-04-17 ⓘ
followedBy Columbus’s first voyage of 1492 ⓘ
grantedHereditaryRights Christopher Columbus ⓘ
grantedJudicialAuthorityTo Christopher Columbus ⓘ
grantedNobilityStatus Columbus family ⓘ
grantedShareOfProfits Christopher Columbus ⓘ
grantedTitle Admiral of the Ocean Sea ⓘ
Governor of the Indies ⓘ
Viceroy of the Indies ⓘ
grantedTitleTo Christopher Columbus ⓘ
hasEffectOn Spanish imperial administration in the New World ⓘ
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration
jurisdictionScope lands discovered by Columbus in the name of Castile ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor Columbus’s first voyage ⓘ
Spanish exploration of the Americas ⓘ
legalStatus royal charter ⓘ
monarch Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
placeSigned Santa Fe ⓘ
Santa Fe, near Granada ⓘ
linked to: Santa Fe (Granada)
profitShareFraction one-tenth ⓘ
purpose to regulate rights and rewards from Columbus’s planned voyage to the Indies ⓘ
relatedTo Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
signatory Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Ferdinand II of Aragon ⓘ
Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
signedAfter completion of the conquest of Granada ⓘ
subjectMatter division of profits ⓘ
jurisdiction in newly discovered lands ⓘ
titles and privileges ⓘ
typeOfRightGranted economic privileges ⓘ
judicial authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
yearSigned 1492 ⓘ

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Duke of Veragua → historicalBasis → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Litigation over Columbus family privileges → basedOn → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Pleitos Colombinos against the Crown of Castile → follows → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Admiral of the Ocean Sea → createdByDocument → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Admiral of the Ocean Sea → legalBasis → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Capitulations of Santa Fe → alsoKnownAs → Capitulaciones de Santa Fe ⓘ
linked to: Capitulations of Santa Fe
Luis Colón → beneficiaryOf → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Santa Fe (Granada) → knownFor → Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
Santa Fe (Granada) → historicalEvent → Capitulations of Santa Fe (1492) ⓘ
linked to: Capitulations of Santa Fe