Theatrical Script Discovery of America

characters
Christopher Columbus
Catholic Monarchs: Isabel and Fernando
Sailor Rodrigo de Triana
2 sailors for each Caravel
Amerigo Vespucci
6 natives
* Narrator
FIRST ACT.
NARRATOR - Around the year 1451, in a small village in Italy, across the ocean, a boy was born.
called Christopher Columbus, who from a young age was fascinated by the readings of Marco Polo's book,
who was a traveler who shared his travel experiences.
Colón was starting to think that the earth was round because in that
At that time, the inhabitants of Europe had strange ideas.

(Columbus is with two Europeans conversing, it is recommended that they are seated and there is a table.
with white sheets and a pen because it will later be simulated that Columbus is writing.

COLÓN–No comrades, I have always believed that everyone is wrong.

AMERICO–Don't blaspheme Colón, we've already told you that the earth is flat.
RODRIGO- That's right, we are sure that at the end of the treacherous sea, the surface ends.
COLÓN - But I would like to verify it and if I venture to sail I will be able to prove my ideas.
AMERICO–Don't say more Columbus, it is said that in the end there are monsters that devour anyone who
get excited to sail.
RODRIGO–There are also boiling waves that burn you alive.
COLÓN–Despite all that, I will seek help to be able to navigate the Atlantic, for I have been
Informed that there is land on the other side; I will begin my journey to the West.
(The Europeans leave and only Columbus stays and begins to write)
COLÓN–I hope that all this I do is for the benefit of expanding our trade. But
Of course! (He gets up from the chair and begins to think out loud and move around)
(scenario). To carry out my project, it is necessary for someone to finance the trip. I will ask for the
help from the King of Portugal.
(Exits the stage and the scenery changes to the kingdom of the Catholic Monarchs, while
the narrator speaks.
 SECOND ACT.

NARRATOR: And indeed, Columbus went to the King of Portugal, who did not approve him and denied his
support. Immediately, Columbus went to the Catholic kings.

COLÓN: My lord and lady queen, I address your majesty to give my greetings and my proposal, already
I have talked with my colleagues about my theory that the Earth is round, because one can get to
India, China, and Japan, just like from the east to the west, and this is faster.
I need to check my theory, I need to take a trip, and of course for this project resources are needed.
I do not have, I come before you to see if it would be possible for my trip to be financed.

REYNA ISABEL: Of course, if your theory turned out to be true, the trips that are made would be shorter.
in the future.

King Fernando: But my dear Queen Isabel, will it imply spending many resources and if the expedition...
is it not beneficial? Furthermore, until now no European knows if the sea has an end or if there are
lands on the other side. What do you base your journey on?

COLUMBUS: in a remarkable character named Galileo, who claims that the earth is flat, so my idea is
sailing westward, so I am sure I will achieve my purpose.

King Fernando: You know that Spain is going through an economic crisis, I see it difficult the
financing your trip.

REYNA ISABEL: (whispering to the king) wait, don't rush, we can study the project of
Colón, think about the benefits we can gain if this man achieves his goal, lands and
cheaper raw materials.

REYNA ISABEL: Your project is too ambitious, but I am surprised by the enthusiasm you have.
We will support your proposal so that you can test your theory and reach other lands.

King Ferdinand: Yes, Mr. Columbus, we support your project, make your voyage as soon as possible.

NARRATOR: The queen gives Columbus a contract and a bag of gold for Columbus to make his journey.

NARRATOR: The Catholic Monarchs, particularly Queen Isabel, decide to help Columbus in his
project to reach Asia by the West. On April 13, 1492, Christopher Columbus signs with the kings
the callsCapitulations of Santa Fe, documents by which the authorization and financing are granted
Christopher Columbus's expedition to the Indies by sea to the west. In addition, he is granted to
Columbus a series of privileges and titles, including: Admiral, Governor, Viceroy, and 10% of the
riches. Several provisions and decrees are also signed to assist Columbus in those towns
and seaports to which Columbus is heading. In the presence of Christopher Columbus.n,Brother Juan Pérezythe
local authorities, the Royal Provision, signed by the Catholic Monarchs, is read in which
I ordered certain neighbors of the village of Palerma to make available to Columbus two fully equipped caravels.
armadas and equipped. Once the preparations are finished, the expedition departs from the port of Palos of the
Border,theAugust 3dIn 1492, the Columbian fleet was formed by the caravels.Paint,
GirlytheSaint Mary. The Pintayla Niña were chosen by the Pinzón brothers and funded by
the council of Palos, in compliance with the aforementioned royal provision. The crew was
composed of about 90 men.

NARRATOR: The journey was not easy for anyone, in fact there were outbreaks of mutiny, but
Thanks to the presence and leadership skills of Martín Alonso Pinzón, these were managed to be resolved.
situations.

COLÓN: We have traveled so much that it is time to touch land according to my calculations.

CREWMEMBER 1: You're right, captain, let's look on the horizon.

COLÓN: (takes out his telescope), I see nothing, (waits a short moment two seconds), Rodrigo look.
you see something.

Rodrigo de Triana: I still don't see anything, captain.

CREW MEMBER 3: The supplies are running out, if we don't reach land, we are going to starve!!!

Rodrigo de Triana: Wait a moment, I think I see something, yes it's land.

Land!!! Land!!!

Land in sight!!!!

Sir, we see land.

COLÓN: We arrived in India, We arrived in India

CREW MEMBER 2: Look, there are Indians waiting for us, civilization in sight, we are saved.
CREW MEMBER 1: I think he has something to give us

(they get stranded on the beach)

INDIGENA1: You, where do you come from, what do you need from this town?

CREWMEMBER 1: Captain, I don't quite understand what you're saying.

It's a rare language, I'll see if he understands what I say.

CREW MEMBER 2: We are peaceful, we do no harm

INDIGENOUS 2: yes, do no harm, I will be a friend

COLÓN: what Juan (crew member 3) says
CREW MEMBER 2: He is our friend

COLÓN: Blessed land!!! In the name of the Kings of Spain, we will call this place La Nueva
Spain, (Plant the Spanish flag on indigenous land)

NARRATOR: The name America arose from Amerigo Vespucci, who drew the first map.
from the new continent years later, from the origin the map of America.

NARRATOR: The island was inhabited by the peopleLucayo or Taíno. The aforementioned text indicates the
the first opportunity in which Europeans used the term "Indians" to refer to
generally to the inhabitants of America, a word that derives from the mistake they made when
to think that the island Guanahani was located in the eastern area of theAsian continent, which the
Europeans of that time confused withIndia.

NARRATOR: The Taíno had organized aagrarian society, relatively advanced, based on
the cultivation ofcorn, thecassavaythecotton, including other important crops such as thepeanut
peanutthepepper, thepineapple, thepotatoythetobacco. Taínos and Spaniards exchanged products.
peacefully, but they had no possessions ofgold, main product they were looking for
Spaniards.

COLÓN: I was attentive and worked to find out if there was gold and I saw that some of them were bringing a
hanging nostril plug in a hole they have in their nose. And by signs I was able to understand that going to
South or Returning to the island from the South, there was a king who had great vessels of it, and he had very
a lot.

NARRATOR: However, despite the good relationship between the Taínos and the Spaniards, Columbus was already thinking
in Guanahani, in the possibilityofenslave them.

NARRATOR: On his first voyage, Columbus captured several indigenous people who were taken captive to...
Spain, where the Catholic kings would first order them to be sold as slaves and then release them.s.
TheJanuary 16de1493, with the two remaining ships, the Pinta and the Niña, they embarked on the journey of
return. During the crossing, the two ships separated due to a strong storm, in the
that the crew of the Niña, when about to shipwreck, carried out the so-called vote
Colombian. Finally, Columbus, with the Niña, manages to arrive with great difficulty in Lisbon.
Pinzón does the same at the port ofandBayona. The ships finally arrived.aStickselMarch 15con
a few hours later, and Columbus marched toBarcelonapto inform the kings of their
discovery.

COLÓN: My queen, here after this great journey we finally realized that there are other lands.
never before discovered, filled with treasures, is inhabited by indigenous people who do not speak
our language. Here is all that I brought from the discovered lands.

QUEEN ISABEL: Oh, but what is this.

NARRATOR: Columbus had a second, third, and fourth voyage in which he taught the indigenous people his
language, some indigenous people separated from their tribes and continued on their way.

NARRATOR: And so it was that on October 12, known as the day of the Discovery of America,
theDay of the Raceor the Encounter of Cultures, Columbus arrives in indigenous American lands, by which
a new milestone was being forged in the history of America, a new beginning that originated the arrival of
many Spaniards and resulted in the largest genocide in the history of the
humanity. At least 90 million inhabitants of the region were exterminated.