Colombus and his band of scoundrels certainly took a huge risk. He was hell-bent on joining the aristocracy, and it seems to have made him willing to believe an

Colombus and his band of scoundrels certainly took a huge risk. He was hell-bent on joining the aristocracy, and it seems to have made him willing to believe and argue things that a less motivated person might not have done. Google says his whole expedition cost about 1.5 million maravedis. I'm not finding what fraction of the Spanish crown's budget that was. Do you know?