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{{move|John II of Portugal}}
[[Category:Biographies]]
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[[Category:History]]
King '''John II''' of [[Portugal]] denied [[Christopher Columbus]]'s request to fund his voyage across the Atlantic. Indeed, Columbus was ridiculed for seeking to reach India by sailing west rather than east. Columbus eventually obtained funding from Spain, not Portugal.
[[Category:Heads of state]]