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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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal agreement
treaty
alsoKnownAs Capitulaciones de Santa Fe NERFINISHED
archivalLocation Archivo General de Indias (copy) NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
dateSigned 1492-04-17
followedBy Columbus’s first voyage of 1492 NERFINISHED
grantedHereditaryRights Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
grantedJudicialAuthorityTo Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
grantedNobilityStatus Columbus family NERFINISHED
grantedShareOfProfits Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
grantedTitle Admiral of the Ocean Sea NERFINISHED
Governor of the Indies NERFINISHED
Viceroy of the Indies NERFINISHED
grantedTitleTo Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
hasEffectOn Spanish imperial administration in the New World
historicalPeriod Age of Discovery NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
Isabella I of Castile NERFINISHED
placeSigned Santa Fe NERFINISHED
Santa Fe, near Granada NERFINISHED
profitShareFraction one-tenth
purpose to regulate rights and rewards from Columbus’s planned voyage to the Indies
relatedTo Catholic Monarchs NERFINISHED
Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
Spanish colonization of the Americas
Treaty of Tordesillas NERFINISHED
signatory Christopher Columbus NERFINISHED
Ferdinand II of Aragon NERFINISHED
Isabella I of Castile NERFINISHED
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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Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos) basedOn Capitulations of Santa Fe
subject surface form: Litigation over Columbus family privileges
Pleitos Colombinos against the Crown of Castile follows Capitulations of Santa Fe
Duke of Veragua historicalBasis Capitulations of Santa Fe