Because Columbus thought he had found unexplored lands in Japan or perhaps China, he asked for money and help for a second voyage. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella helped him once again, even though the last voyage was unsuccessful. He had brought some natives from one of the islands he had visited. For the second voyage Columbus was sent with many more resources and men. He was given more than a thousand men to accompany him to the new lands to colonize Hispaniola. On the second voyage there were 17 ships, along with domestic animals such as pigs and horses (Minster n.d.-b). Not only was this voyage much longer, but it took much less time to reach the islands that Columbus had discovered the year before. Leaving Spain on 13 October 1492, they sighted land in less than a month on 3 November (Minster n.d.-b). The first island Columbus and his crew landed on was not the one he was sailing to colonize, but the one he called Dominica, but the natives of this island were not friendly, so they quickly left, heading in search of Hispaniola. Making a few stops along the way, Columbus discovered a few more islands and even ended up in Costa Rica before reaching the island he would colonize. When Columbus returned to Hispaniola, he found that the agreement between him and the natives had been terminated. All his men left behind had been killed by the natives, because they allegedly mistreated and raped the native women. Columbus went to the north coast to found a city he called Isabella. In the process of founding this city many of its men fell ill and died from disease. A group of Columbus' men tried to leave the island in hopes of returning to Spain... middle of paper... in the form of a human and new governor, whom they sent to the island. Francisco de Bobadilla arrived to calm the situation in the year 1500, with around 500 men and some slaves in tow to free (Minster n.d.-c). Columbus and his two brothers were sent to prison, in chains for the way they had tried to handle the settlement and were eventually sent back to Spain to face the consequences, although they were only in custody for a few weeks before being freed. In 1502, at the age of 51, Columbus tried again, this time with four ships and some of his family and some men from the other voyages (Minster n.d.-d). His two brothers Bartolomeo and Diego and his son Fernando accompanied him on this journey. I think this was significant because it showed that his family believed in him even though most of the people around him didn't.