s round not flat as was the belief for the last 5,000 years. The trip lasted 109 days and almost cost the captain his life. The trip was sponsored by the Spanish king, Fernando Aragon. There were three ships, named La Nina, La Pinta, and La Santa Maria which departed from Port Pallos de Moguer, Spain. Upon the ships touchdown, the Italian captain found a tribe of docile Indians who were willing to trade gold for trinkets.
             As we all know the Tudor dynasty is now in the throne and has brought England to a new era of knowledge and enlightenment: but not everyone knows about their beginnings. The first of the Tudor family was Henry VII, son of Henry Tudor, who was the son of Margaret Beaufort, who descended from King Edward III through an illegitimate line, and Edmund Tudor, the son of Princess Catherine of Valois and her second husband, Owen Tudor. When Richard III was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field on 22 August 1485, Henry Tudor then claimed the throne as King Henry VII. He promptly married Elizabeth of York, daughter of the only successful Yorkist king, Edward IV, and niece of Richard III. With this marriage the Lancaster and the York house where united ending the War of the Roses. After Henry VII came his son Henry VIII, one of the two most powerful monarchs. He expanded the English empire, however it became unstable and some of these territories were lost. He is also known for leading the Reformation and becoming Head of the Anglican Church. He
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