By Lisa J. Yarde 1492. A year most often remembered for significant change inspired by the Spaniards. Christopher Columbus’ initial voyage to the West under the auspices of King Ferdinand of Aragón and Queen Isabella of Castile occurred in the summer, as did the ascendancy of the new pope in Rome, Alexander VI, who was born Rodrigo de Borja in the Spanish province of Valencia. Granada's Alhambra There’s another event in 1492 that forever altered Spain, the recapture of Muslim Granada by…