:15:01
He's contradicted by the finest...
:15:04
geographers.
:15:06
Your voyage, Senor Colombus,
would take a year.
:15:11
Suppose you cross the ocean
and reach Asia...
:15:15
What would Spain do there?
:15:17
Trade, Your Excellency.
:15:22
According to Marco Polo,
the Kingdom of China is one of
the richest lands in the
:15:28
The meanest buildings
are roofed in gold.
:15:31
lt's your only interest?
:15:33
Gold?
:15:35
No.
:15:37
l'll bring these people to God
:15:39
and make them subjects
of Castille and Aragon.
:15:44
From a Realm,
:15:46
Spain will become an Empire!
:15:49
lf God intended
our proximity to Asia
:15:51
do you believe he'd have waited
for you to show it?
:15:56
He chose a carpenter's son
to reveal Himself to the world.
:16:00
So you consider yourself
the Chosen One?
:16:11
Asia can be found to the west...
:16:14
and l will prove it!
:16:29
The Treasurer of Spain honours us.
:16:34
The State has an interest
in his proposition, Your Eminence.
:16:38
With all due respect,
the judgement is ours.
:16:41
Why not?
:16:43
And if he were right?
:16:47
l've always found
such independent minds dangerous.
:16:52
lf he had wings
he'd return from the skies
:16:56
and say heaven was empty.