and how he got ready to go, the first thoughts about desire came to columbus on the island of madeira portaisland from moscow, the path is not close at the beginning of 7 hours by plane to the neighboring modera, then another 2.5 hours by ferry. in general , it takes a day to travel, but in the distant times of columbus , they dreamed of such unprecedented speeds the day before the port of santo, not only that from distant muscovy, even from lisbon, it was not possible to swim in 1.476, the future discoverer of america settled in lisbon at that time the european center nautical science soon a poor young merchant realized that the best way to make a fortune. it is to trade in sugar cane. the nearest portuguese capital is the place of purchase, madeira island and the port of santo the purchaser. it was found quickly, the genoese trading house could only win over the islanders in order to acquire cheaper sugar cane. columbus solved this problem radically. the first governor of the island of the port of santo was a loving man, but his daughter married only three times from his third marriage. p