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The Explorers

The Explorers. I. Christopher Columbus. Makes 4 trips from 1492 – 1504 claiming lands for Spain Believes that he had found islands off the east coast of India. II. Vasco da Gama. Sails around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean to India in 1498

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The Explorers

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  1. The Explorers

  2. I. Christopher Columbus • Makes 4 trips from 1492 – 1504 claiming lands for Spain • Believes that he had found islands off the east coast of India

  3. II. Vasco da Gama • Sails around the southern tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean to India in 1498 • Returns to Portugal with many rich trade goods • No need for overland trade routes

  4. The Treaty of Tordesillas - 1494 • Pope Alexander VI draws imaginary line on a map of the Atlantic Ocean • All “new” lands west of the line are Spain’s all “new” lands east of the line are Portugal’s • May only claim lands not already held by Christian rulers

  5. Yellow = Spanish Speaking Possessions Blue = Portuguese Speaking Possessions

  6. III. Vasco Núñez de Balboa • Settles on Hispaniola in 1502 • 1513 makes an overland crossing of the isthmus of Panama and gazes on the Pacific Ocean

  7. IV. Amerigo Vespucci • 1497 – 1504 makes several crossings of the Atlantic • Unlike others he thinks that this is a completely “new world,” not a part of Asia

  8. V. Ferdinand Magellan • Sails across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans • Dies in 1521 in the Philippine Islands • Crew sails on and is first to make an around the world voyage

  9. VI. Hernan Cortés • 1518 – 1519 Lands in Mexico and conquers the Aztec people • Plunders and claims the land for Spain

  10. VII. Francisco Pizarro • Leads expedition into S. America • 1530 conquers the Inca and claims lands and wealth for Spain

  11. VIII. De Soto and Coronado • Explore much of the American south looking for fables • Fountain of Youth and City of Gold

  12. The Columbian Exchange New WorldOld World Corn Disease Tobacco - Influenza Tomatoes - Smallpox Beans Horses Chocolate Sheep Gold/SilverOranges

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