1492
An Opportunity that passed
On 1478, the Prince of Asturias was born and the idea for the union of Castile and Aragon was made and the two would obviously defeat Joanna la Beltraneja of Castile and afterwards, La Beltraneja was defeated on 1480 due to a treaty and la Beltraneja was sent to a convent.
Isabella and Ferdinand would hear that Joanna la Beltraneja is now betrothed to the King of Navarre but the King of Navarre, Francis Phoebus would have died a few years after his coronation and a few decades after, Ferdinand and Isabella would be known as the Catholic Monarchs.
Isabella and Ferdinand would accept the proposition of Isabella and Ferdinand in 1492 despite the two having doubts about the proposition of them exploring a route to asia and they chased Columbus and gave him three ships and people who would join him in the conquest.
On 1492, months have passed on Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria have sailed in the ocean blue, a huge storm would have struck destroying and smashing the ships, the ships are blown to the lands west and majority of the crew including Columbus would die and the people left behind would not have the capability to return where they came from
On 1493, the Catholic Monarchs would wonder what have had happened to the ships and in the end of the year none would appear, and the Catholic Monarchs would decide that they will not waste any time for another expedition since they have Roussillon to worry about and they would decide about the Habsburg alliance which is now gone and inexistent.
Isabella and Ferdinand would accept the proposition of Isabella and Ferdinand in 1492 despite the two having doubts about the proposition of them exploring a route to asia and they chased Columbus and gave him three ships and people who would join him in the conquest.
On 1492, months have passed on Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria have sailed in the ocean blue, a huge storm would have struck destroying and smashing the ships, the ships are blown to the lands west and majority of the crew including Columbus would die and the people left behind would not have the capability to return where they came from
On 1493, the Catholic Monarchs would wonder what have had happened to the ships and in the end of the year none would appear, and the Catholic Monarchs would decide that they will not waste any time for another expedition since they have Roussillon to worry about and they would decide about the Habsburg alliance which is now gone and inexistent.
Ferdinand would be quoted to say that he was right that a further expedition would be a waste of time for the Catholic Monarchs, since they have already created an alliance with England and the Habsburgs who hold the dover and the East of France which they also have conflicts with.
“I was right, Isabella, the expedition to the Indies is a waste of time, because we have lots of problems in the east such as Naples.”
~Ferdinand
“Yes and we need to save in order to fix Aragon’s border problems and not focus on the route to the east!”
~Isabella
Isabella would be sad that the route to the east would not be discovered and they will not find a route to the east themselves.