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SPANISH EXPLORATION

SPANISH EXPLORATION. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. Plan was sailing west to get East (India) Venetian (Italy) – He tried to sell his plan to anybody who would listen Henry VII – England John II – Portugal Charles – France All declined.

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SPANISH EXPLORATION

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  1. SPANISH EXPLORATION

  2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS • Plan was sailing west to get East (India) • Venetian (Italy) – He tried to sell his plan to anybody who would listen • Henry VII – England • John II – Portugal • Charles – France • All declined

  3. Eventually Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain agree to fund the voyage • “14 hundred and 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”

  4. Columbus miscalculates • Underestimates the size of the Atlantic • Overestimates the size of the land mass

  5. Four Voyages • Caribbean • Central and South America

  6. Columbus died thinking he had failed

  7. 1493 – Line of Demarcation – Papal decree • East = Portugal West = Spain • 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas – reaffirms the line

  8. FERDINAND MAGELLAN • He was Portuguese yet he sailed for Spain • His crew circumnavigated the globe

  9. 1519-1522 • Magellan didn’t survive • Success is determining the true size of the earth

  10. CONQUISTADORES • Name given to Spanish conquerers • Two are very successful in bringing riches to Spain

  11. 1. Hernando Cortez (1519) • Mexico • Aztecs • Tenochtitlan • Montezuma • 3 years to wipe out this thriving civilization

  12. 2. FRANCISCO PIZARRO(1532) • Peru • Incas • Atahualpa

  13. Results • “Century of Gold” for Spain • Great civilizations of the Americas are completely destroyed

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