Spanish monarchs best known as the sponsors and patrons of Christopher Columbus. Rare DS in Spanish, signed “Yo el Rey” and “Yo la Reyna,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 8.75 x 12.25, March 28, 1494. Untranslated royal decree issued in Medina del Campo confirming privileges granted to a citizen in Toledo, signed at the conclusion by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. The embossed paper seal below the signatures remains fully intact. Bound within old vellum wrappers with a Spanish identification on the front. In very good to fine condition, with light edge staining and overall expected wear commensurate with the age of the document.
Nearly two years after sponsoring Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Indies, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella signed the Treaty of Tordesillas on July 2, 1494, just a few months after the present document. The accord divided the newly discovered lands outside of Europe between Portugal and the Crown of Castile, granting exclusive rights to all newly discovered and undiscovered lands with a line of demarcation that promised that lands to the east would belong to Portugal, and the lands to the west to Castile. A highly unusual format signed by two of history’s most influential monarchs.
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