Christopher Columbus (1949)
Director: David Macdonald
Starring: Frederic March, Florence Eldridge, Francis L. Sullivan, Linden Travers, Kathleen Ryan, Derek Bond, James Robertson Justice, Felix Alymer, Nora Swinburne, Abraham Sofaer
Country: British film
An o.k. biography of Columbus (Frederic March).
Historical Background:
712: Muza ben-Nosair completes the Muslim conquest of Spain. End of the Visigothic period.
1090 -- invasion by the Muslims, the Almoravides.
1146 -- invasion of Iberian peninsula by the Almohads.
1224 -- the Banu Marins invade the peninsula.
middle of the 13th century -- Islamic Spain was reduced to the Nasrid
Kingdom in Granada (located between the Strait of Gibraltar and Cape Gata). It
did not capitulate until 1492.
1469: Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon are married, thus
consummating the unity of Spain.
1492: The Catholic Monarchs, Isabel and Fernando, complete the Reconquest by taking Granada (January 2nd), taking advantage of the rivalry of the last Muslim governors of Spain. Discovery of America (October 12th).
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