Queen Isabella: Pawn My Jewels

Queen Isabella Money Quote saying she was willing to literally sell the family jewels to pay for Christopher Columbus to explore the globe. Queen Isabella said:
 

 

“I will assume the undertaking for my own crown of Castile, and am ready to pawn my jewels to defray the expenses of it, if the funds in the treasury should be found inadequate” — Queen Isabella

 
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