Manuscript DS in Spanish, signed “Yo la Reyna [I the Queen],” one page, 8.25 x 11.75, July 17, 1504. Order from the queen to her chamberlain, Sancho de Paredes, instructing him to give 5.75 yards of crimson velvet to Juan Cabrero, chamberlain to the king, for the use of his majesty. Signed below the first paragraph by the queen, and countersigned below by Cabrero. Ornately double-matted and framed with a descriptive plaque to an overall size of 20.75 x 30.25. In fine condition, with some light vertical creasing. In addition to being a companion of King Ferdinand, the influential Cabrero was also a close confidant to Christopher Columbus, and was instrumental in the latter’s subsequent voyages to the Indies. At the behest of Cabrero, the Catholic Monarchs, who an initially denied Columbus’s lofty ambitions, consented to the undertaking, a voyage Isabelle would famously fund not long after. In a 1504 letter, Columbus linked Cabrero to his discovery of the Indies. An exceptional document with strong historical associations, signed only three months before the queen’s untimely death. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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