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Portugal refused Colombus proposal to finance an expedition to sail west to go to Asia, and with good reason. They realised that the distance was to vast with the technology of that time and of course they were unaware of the Americas. The Spanish crown accepted Colombus proposal, even though the commission that looked at his proposal advised them to turn it down.

What if the Spanish crown had listened to the commission? What effect would that have on the further development of Spain?
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