Talavera commission rejects Columbus
1486–1490 · Event
A royal commission under Hernando de Talavera judges Columbus's estimate of the distance to Asia wildly wrong — rightly.
On these timelines: The Voyages of Columbus, Age of Exploration, Spain, Master
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