A Journey Before the Known World
Tagline: [[Centuries; [exploration; [space; [voyage; [unknown]
] before the ] of ], there was another ] into the ].
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Exploration Dreams and Harsh Realities
Queen Isabella I.: [During her last audience with Columbus]
I have looked for a reason why I should allow you to go back and although I've tried I couldn't find one. Help me find one.
Columbus:
All my life I have dreamt of reaching the continent. I thought my dreams grandiose. But reality was beyond my expectations. Far beyond. And now I want to explore that land before I die.
Queen Isabella I.:
I allow you to undertake another voyage. But without your brothers. Nor for you to return to Santo Domingo or any other colonies. The New World is a disaster.
Columbus:
And the old one an achievement?
Queen Isabella I.: [after Columbus leaves]
I know. I shouldn't tolerate his impertinence.
Sanchez:
Then why?
Queen Isabella I.:
Because he is not afraid of me.
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Debate on Columbus's Calculations and Certainty
Columbus:
I believe the Indies are no more than 750 leagues west of the Canary Islands.
Antonio de Marchena:
How can you be so certain?
Columbus:
The calculations of Toscanelli, Marin de Tyr, Esdras...
Antonio de Marchena:
Esdras is a Jew...
Columbus:
So was Christ.
Antonio de Marchena:
Two minutes and you're already a dead man.
Columbus:
For telling the truth?
Antonio de Marchena:
Yes. They are burning people for less. The men you are about the confront have no emotions. You must learn to control your passion.
Columbus:
Passion is something one cannot control.
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Vision of Civilization and Dreams
Sanchez: [Columbus stops Sanchez after he leaves an audience with the Queen. Sanchez looks at him, disgusted]
You're a dreamer.
Columbus: [shooting a glance out of a window]
Tell me, what do you see?
Sanchez: [pausing to look]
I see rooftops, I see palaces, I see towers, I see spires that reach... to the sky! I see civilization!
Columbus:
All of them built by people like me.
Columbus:
No matter how long you live, Sanchez, there is something that will never change between us. I did it. You didn't.
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Exploring the New and Old Worlds
Isabella I: [[Disaster]
The New World is a ].
Christopher Columbus: [[Achievement]
And the old one, an ]?
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Exploring Possibilities of Discovery and Adventure
Christopher Columbus: [[Paradise; [Hell; [earthly]
] and ] both can be ].
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Wealth Brings Busyness, Not Happiness
Christopher Columbus: [[Riches]
] don't make a man rich, they only make him busier.
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Nobility and Faults in Leadership
Christopher Columbus: [[Ambition; [Virtue]
Is ] only a ] among nobles, a fault for others?
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