He was arrested in 1500 and sent back to Spain, in chains throughout
the voyage (at his insistence). He was forbidden to ever re-enter
Hispaniola. He died a well-off but embittered man.
http://www1.minn.net/~keithp/
http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/c-Columbus/columbus.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.html
Corset
Catherine de M?dicis, wife of King Henri II of France, hated the thick
waists of women attending court receptions.
So, in the 1550s, she introduced the corset (sleeveless "payre of
bodies") - an undergarment designed to artificially narrow a woman's
waist by up to 30 centimeters and to yield a cylindrical shape with a
flat, breastless, torso.
The Elizabethan corset - as opposed to the Victorian one - was
comfortable and supported the back. It evolved in Tudor times from the
kirtle, stiffened by glue and worn under the gown. Mary Tudor's
wardrobe contained these:
"Item for making of one peire of bodies of crymsen satin, Item for
making two pairs of bodies for petticoats of crymsen satin, Item for
making a pair of bodies for a Verthingall of crymsen Grosgrain.
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