The Special Friend of John II (I)

We are in 1492. Christopher Columbus take a ship and in an easy voyage discovers a new continent. And this in the first voyage sent by Castille. The portuguese, that discovered the south of Africa, that often navigated in the Sargassum Sea and that were in a national effort of Discovery for 80 years must have commited suicide. How was it possible that another nation, specially the evil castillians, become better than them in the seas? It was evil Christopher Columbus' fault because for years he convinced the Catholic Kings to support his voygae, like he already did in Portugal. This guy only deserved one thing... being a special friend of king John II of Portugal. Yes, in 1488, when Columbus was trying to get the Catholic kings support, John II in a secret letter call him "special friend in Seville" and says that "we saw the letter that you wrote and [we saw] the good will that you show serving us. We appreciate a lot" and more "your industry and good skill will be necessary to us". John II had refused the proposal of Columbus, because he knew India was not easier to get by west but Columbus, good willed, served John II (it should be furious) and John II said that Columbus' "skill" (that should be an idiot that said that India was closer by west) would be necessary.

Another interesting thing was that Haitian indians told Columbus and his crew that not long time ago there they saw ships and people like them. Another interesting things. When in Portugal, Columbus married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, that lived in the Santos-o-Velho convent, only for member of the [Portuguese] Order of Santiago, curiosly whose master was John II. Even better: Columbus met her beacause he regurarly went there to pray... also she could only marry with the authorization of the master, John II. In another situations (helping the Portuguese in Arzila without telling the Catholic kings, heading to John II in the end of his first voyage before Isabella and Ferdinand II and queen Leonor of Portugal send him a letter to ask him not to leave without seeing her, we can see that there is a lot about the life of this man that does not look like the others we hear about him. And in most of them he looks like a portuguese or at least serving Portugal.

Was the discovery of America to Castille made by Columbus for the interest of Portugal?