In 1492, Christopher Columbus went to the court of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon, asking for help in an enterprise to sail west and reach the Indies. The sails for the four ships are destroyed in a horse carriage crash and the entire voyage is delayed six months. Columbus hits a force 5 hurricane just 50 miles away from the OTL Bahamas and most of his fleet is destroyed. He manages to ride a ship that barely survived for the 8 months voyage back and professes that he reached the end of the Civilized earth and there is no western sea route to Asia. He is forced in disgrace back to Genoa.