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Luis de Santángel
Spanish treasurer
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impact on Native American history
- In Native American: European populations and polities
…of income, the royal treasurer, Luis de Santángel, urged the monarchs to accept Columbus’s proposal to explore a western route to the East. Although Columbus did not find a route with which to sidestep Ottoman trade hegemony, his journey nonetheless opened the way to overseas wealth. Spain used American resources…
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