![[COLUMBUS]. SANTANGEL, Luis de (fl.1470-1507). Document signed ('Vro herma. Loys de Santagel'), a bill of exchange addressed to his brother, 3 lines on vellum, (217 x 54mm), signed at the foot, Taragona, 8 March 1484, addressed on verso to his brother, 'A mon carissim. e magnifis. herma. Mons. Jaume de Santangel' at Valencia, and endorsed by a notary, Salvador.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1999/CKS/1999_CKS_06125_0164_000(114342).jpg?w=1)
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[COLUMBUS]. SANTANGEL, Luis de (fl.1470-1507). Document signed ('Vro herma. Loys de Santagel'), a bill of exchange addressed to his brother, 3 lines on vellum, (217 x 54mm), signed at the foot, Taragona, 8 March 1484, addressed on verso to his brother, 'A mon carissim. e magnifis. herma. Mons. Jaume de Santangel' at Valencia, and endorsed by a notary, Salvador.
The document gives instructions for the payment of the sum of 800 livres, 'pagar per aquesta primera de cambi [...] huyt centes livres de quexa moneda dict. DDCCC$' to Piero Spannochi, from the money for Johan de Pero Sanchiz.
Luis de Santangel is famous as the chief instrument in bringing together the sources of investment to finance Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America. He is credited with having persuaded Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella to support Columbus.
A 'New Christian', born into a wealthy Jewish family, probably of Valencia, Santangel studied at Naples before (circa 1477) securing the profitable office of collector of taxes levied in Valencia on textiles from Lombardy. In 1481 he was appointed to an administrative post at the court in Seville, with responsibility for the accounts of the palace officials.
The present document, apparently the first in a series of bills of exchange in the currency of Barcelona, probably refers to private or family business in Valencia.
The document gives instructions for the payment of the sum of 800 livres, 'pagar per aquesta primera de cambi [...] huyt centes livres de quexa moneda dict. DDCCC$' to Piero Spannochi, from the money for Johan de Pero Sanchiz.
Luis de Santangel is famous as the chief instrument in bringing together the sources of investment to finance Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America. He is credited with having persuaded Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella to support Columbus.
A 'New Christian', born into a wealthy Jewish family, probably of Valencia, Santangel studied at Naples before (circa 1477) securing the profitable office of collector of taxes levied in Valencia on textiles from Lombardy. In 1481 he was appointed to an administrative post at the court in Seville, with responsibility for the accounts of the palace officials.
The present document, apparently the first in a series of bills of exchange in the currency of Barcelona, probably refers to private or family business in Valencia.