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