Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1893 — The Cost of Columbus' Voyage. [ARTICLE]

The Cost of Columbus' Voyage.

The first expedition of Columbus cost $7,300, which included the equipment of the three vessels whose duplicates have just visited our shores. Columbus received as admiral only $320 a year; his captains received $lO a month—in our money of to-day—and the sailors received $2 to $2.20 a month. Other expenses were in proportion.