On August 3, 1492, the horizon still had no light in sight.

In 1492, the port of Palos, which can only be seen by archaeological excavations in the town of Palos, was a bustling commercial port with wells, fountains, wine shops, and shipyards. Two of Columbus's galleons Caravel and one Clark were here for the final preparations before the voyage.

Every member of the expedition was asked to do a confession, the sacrament of penance, before leaving Palos.

In the sacrament of confession, the believer confesses his sins to the legitimate clergy, repents and repents of the sins, and receives from God the forgiveness of sins committed after baptism by the same priest, and at the same time reconciles the Church that has been harmed by sin.

Columbus did not just confess on the surface, but also prayed to God in his heart, and he repented in his heart of things that were inconvenient to say to the clergy - for example, when he lived in the abbey of Labida in Huelva (now the Columbus Museum), he had a long-term affair with a woman from Seville, Beatriz Enriquez de Harana, and gave birth to a second son, whom he took the name...... Ferdinand......

Columbus reflected on the arduous journey he had made to realize his dream of a voyage to the west.

Columbus's wife was Felipa Monis Perestero, the daughter of the consul of the island of Porto, whose father served in the home of Isabella's maternal grandfather, Prince Don João of Portugal. Felipa Monis's family was also linked to the navigator Prince Enrique, having participated in some of the early Portuguese expeditions, as evidenced by her father's position.

During the Castile Civil War after the death of King Enrique IV of Castile, Columbus first presented his proposal to the Portuguese, and then a rather embarrassing but unbeknownst thing happened, which was an important factor that prompted Columbus to leave Portugal - the "shrewd" King João II of Portugal was unwilling to provide the funds requested by Columbus, but using the information given to him by Columbus, he sent an expedition to the direction described by Columbus. However, the sailors did not find land, and when they returned, they complained that Columbus was a fool - and Columbus also knew about it......

During his time in Castile, Queen Isabella, despite her interest in Columbus's proposals, dragged him along because of the raging war in Granada, giving him only a little money: 12,000 Malawidi, a first-class sailor's salary, was not much more than the money that the brother had swallowed in the stomach of the previous chapter. (This also justified Ferdinand's 1492 decree, which stated that Jews and families with an annual income of no more than one sailor of the first class were not affected by the decree, and that Jews with an annual income of more than one sailor of the first class could not be considered pauper, at the very least.) Of course, it is also possible to have more children, and there are many such cases...... But Ferdinand didn't have the leisure to help the Jews with family planning.)

Next is the "Today in History" session, on May 12, let us observe a half-minute silence for the victims of the Wenchuan earthquake...... On May 12, 1489, the local officials throughout Castile also felt the unpleasant "shock" from the Italians, and on that day the two monarchs provided him with an open letter addressed to all municipal and regional officials, ordering them to provide food and lodging for "Christopher Columbus, who came to our court." If it sounds good, it is the king's long, and if it is unpleasant, it is begging, where you go, where you live, where you eat, where you sleep. The last convenience, Columbus used different understandings and different ways to enjoy a lot of time, multi-faceted, multi-angled, technical and productive......

Columbus was favored by Queen Isabella, which was related to some common personalities between them, such as being full of interest and yearning for exotic customs and natural landscapes. All very religious (this is according to Isabella biographer Kirsten Downey.) Was Columbus really religious? If Columbus is called pious - SM, mistress, illegitimate child...... Isn't Isabella a fanatic? Of course, compared to some of the Popes, they were indeed very religious......)

Queen Isabella, many observers say, sees the bigger picture of the benefits that Columbus can bring to Castile: an opportunity that may change the fate of Castile in the future. Her husband had little interest in the Columbian voyages, as he had always been more focused on the Mediterranean world than on the Atlantic. Of course, this is no longer the case.

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The captains and co-captains of the three ships are:

Pinta: Captain Martin Alonso Pinzon (the eldest brother of the three Pinzon brothers), and Vice-Captain Francisco (the second of the best-deserved titles), left halfway through the voyage.

Niña: Captain Vincent Yáñez Pinzon, Deputy Captain Niño. The Niña was the smallest of the three ships (the reason why Columbus later left some of the 39 men), but it was the most secure during the entire voyage. Columbus finally returned to Castile with the ship.

Santa Maria: Columbus as captain and commander-in-chief. The owner, Juan de la Cosa, is the deputy captain. The Clark was the largest in the fleet, but also the most unlucky, running aground on Christmas Eve. With the volunteerism of Juan's owner, how did God, Jesus Christ, and the Virgin Mary treat the ship in this way? Could it be that God and the Virgin quarreled, and God wanted to sink the ship and export evil spirits, and our Jesus Christ came to persuade us, reached a compromise, and finally let it run aground? Or Columbus's temporary confession was insincere (most likely), inconsistent in words and deeds, relaxed his vigilance when he arrived on land (this is the main reason for the ship's grounding), personally led the team to carry out collective SM, etc...... Even Jehovah's old man can't stand it?

When Columbus returned, he left behind 39 men who attempted to establish a colonial stronghold, but none survived when he arrived at Hispaniola a second time. One port, three ships, and 90 men on this voyage may have alluded to the future fate of the European colonial empires, and the strongest competitors at the beginning eventually suffered a merciless blow and sank, and the sun that had once developed rapidly never set today is silently alone...... The fortress that never fell, has fallen into ruins, and the once-thriving port has become an archaeological site. Only the unchanged history books and cultural relics vaguely emerge, and the ambitions of the year ......

The flotilla set sail half an hour before dawn on August 3, 1492, and the ships passed by the coastal monastery of Rabida, and instead of hearing the chanting and morning prayers of the monks heard in history, the crew ......

“In=noreni=per-i-pe，

in=noremi=co-ra，

tira=mine=per-i-to，

ne=do---mina.

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Of course, Ferdinand didn't just do it on a whim yesterday, he has been preparing for the past 7 months, and he has been trying to make the first so-called "symphony orchestra" in modern times by conducting and improvising instruments indiscriminately - this move and his future improvement of related aspects (anyway, it is better to improve it, then by the way, some future musical instrument additions) inadvertently obtained the father of Western music, especially the founder of the symphony and the master of Western classical music - this time it was indeed unintentional, Because he was in a worshipful mind......

So yesterday morning he broke into the monastery with the guards and the "symphony band", arrested the monks who had mistakenly thought that the madmen and robbers had entered the house together, and forcibly rehearsed the collective chorus in defiance of the protests, and after singing it once, he did not need to supervise it......

"Our national anthem (yes, the anthem of the Kingdom of Spain in 1506 and the anthem of the United Empire of Iberia and America in 1571, sung all over the world for 500 years) is the most beautiful and exciting piece of music I have ever heard or sang...... I even forgot to repent for interrupting the morning prayers...... I trust God to forgive me...... It's really exciting......" said a middle-aged monk at the time.

Regardless of Columbus's selfish deeds, greed, and mistakes, he was indeed a great man......

Hats off to the creators and changers of history!

The crew, including Columbus, who heard clearly and understood, had long since burst into tears......

What I didn't hear or didn't understand was paraphrased, and I was shocked one by one like an assembly line production......

“In=romine=tir-meno，

-ne=romine=to-fa，

imaginas=pro-me-no

per=i--mentira.”

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The ship sailed into the distance

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The aftermath is still drifting

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Three ships, ninety men, Castilian flags and faith

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They're going

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Conquer heaven

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(Ideals make us strong.)

Break through the darkness

Ideals make us strong

Never give up hope

You can see it through your tears

Twinkling starlight

Follow through the wind and rain

The light of life

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Ideals make us strong

Break through the darkness

Ideals make us strong

Never give up hope

You can see it through your tears

Twinkling starlight

Follow through the wind and rain

The Radiance of Life)