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The First Visitors From Europe. Vikings originally came from Scandinavia and landed in America around 1001 Leif Erikson and others settled Vinland. Columbus began his voyages thinking he could reach Asia by the sailing the Atlantic. Was Italian, lived in Portugal, sailed for Spain
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The First Visitors From Europe • Vikings originally came from Scandinavia and landed in America around 1001 • Leif Erikson and others settled Vinland
Columbus began his voyages thinking he could reach Asia by the sailing the Atlantic. • Was Italian, lived in Portugal, sailed for Spain • Columbus and crew left August 1492 on three ships (Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria) • Expected to be at sea 21 days; reached land October 12, 1492 • Thought he was in India; called natives “Indians” • Visited Cuba before returning to Spain
Columbus was made governor of all territory claimed • Sailed again to colonize portions of he territory and convert them to Christianity • Believed he had found Asia until the day he died
Continuing Search for Asia • Italian, Amerigo Vespucci followed Columbus’ route but knew the land was not Asia • The land was called “America” after Vespucci • Vasco Nunez de Balboa of Spain explored the Caribbean coast • Became the first European to see the Pacific Ocean
Ferdinand Megellan of Portugal set out to find an Atlantic-Pacific passage • Found a narrow passage connecting the two bodies of water, called a strait, at the southern tip of South America • Reached the Philippines, where he was killed • Members of his crew became the first to circumnavigate, or travel around, the earth
Columbian Exchange • Trips led to the Columbian Exchange, a transfer of people, products, and ideas between hemispheres • Positives: cows, hogs, wheat, oats • Negatives: smallpox, chickenpox, measles
