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(together known as the Catholic Monarchs of Spain) in 1469, and the completion of the Reconquista in 1492, when the joint rulers conquered the Moorish kingdom of Granada, which had been providing Castile with African goods through tribute. The fledgling Spanish empire decided to fund Columbus's expedition in hopes of finding new trade routes and circumventing the lock Portugal had secured

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