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Spanish. Rulers, Explorers and Conquistadors. Christopher Columbus. Between 1492 and 1503 made four voyages to the New World. discovered the West Indies, established the first Spanish colony in the New World. Amerigo Vespucci.

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  1. Spanish Rulers, Explorers and Conquistadors

  2. Christopher Columbus • Between 1492 and 1503 made four voyages to the New World. • discovered the West Indies, established the first Spanish colony in the New World

  3. Amerigo Vespucci • After exploring the northern and eastern coasts of South America in 1499 and 1500, wrote a letter claiming that this land was not Asia. • German map maker named the “New World” after Vespucci.

  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa • In 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean but called it the South Sea.

  5. Ferdinand Magellan • expedition, between 1519 and 1522, went around the world and proved it was round.

  6. Hernando Cortes • the Spanish conquistador who conquered and destroyed the Aztec Empire in Mexico between 1519 and 1521.

  7. Montezuma II • the leader of the Aztec Empire when Cortes arrived in 1519.

  8. Francisco Pizarro • the Spanish conquistador who conquered and destroyed the Incan Empire in Peru between 1532 and 1535.

  9. Atahualpa • the leader of the Inca Empire when Pizarro arrived in 1532.

  10. Ponce de Leon • In 1513 discovered Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth

  11. Francisco Coronado • Between 1540 and 1547 led an expedition that explored what is now the southwestern United States looking for the Seven Cities of Gold. • didn’t find gold but saw the Grand Canyon

  12. Bartolome de Las Casas • was the Spanish priest who worked to improve the life of the Native Americans but contributed to African slavery in the New World

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