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Christopher Columbus spent years petitioning European courts before the Spanish crown finally agreed to fund his voyage west. His calculations were wrong, his crew nearly mutinied, and when he finally landed, he was convinced he had reached Asia. This episode follows his voyages, the violence of the second expedition, and the long debate his arrival triggered about the rights of the peoples he encountered.