In 1492 Spain begins its greatest enterprise ever, the Spanish Empire with the discovery of the New World. The head of this enterprise were the king and queen of Spain, Fernando and Isabela and the one who dreamed of the enterprise, Admiral Christopher Columbus.

 

Christopher Columbus first voyage consisted of three ships, the Santa Maria, Niña and the Pinta. Upon examining the list of its crew member of the three ships, I found in the crew of the Pinta a man named "Alonso Morales" a carpenter by trade.

 

In his third voyage which consisted of 17 ships, there appears as part of the crew a pilot by the name of "Andres Morales", a cartographer by trade. He lived on the island of Española, Dominican Republic, in 1511 until 1517 when he died.