Christopher Columbus
Fire the "Christopher Columbus" event in Europa Universalis IV with the console command event flavor_por.1.
Christopher Columbus
Fire this event with the event command and the event ID flavor_por.1.
What happens
In 1492 Christopher Columbus undertook his famous journey for Castile and sailed west across the Atlantic in search of a western route to the Orient. Seven years earlier in 1485, Christopher Columbus had presented the same plan to the King of Portugal, John II, who after submitting the proposal to his experts had rejected it. Columbus had made yet another attempt to convince the King in 1488 but as the Portuguese explorer Bartholomeu Dias around this time had successfully rounded the Cape of Good Hope, an eastern sea route to Asia seemed more likely and the King once again rejected Columbus's proposal.
Player choices
When this event fires, Christopher Columbus presents these options:
- Reject his proposal
- Hire Columbus