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CHAPTER 2-2 Pages 34-41. EARLY EXPLORATION. CHAPTER 2-2. EQ: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia?. CHAPTER 2-2 SEEKING NEW TRADE ROUTES. Seeking New Trade Routes. Prince Henry the Navigator. Seeking New Trade Routes. School of Navigation.
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CHAPTER 2-2 Pages 34-41 EARLY EXPLORATION
CHAPTER 2-2 EQ: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia?
Seeking New Trade Routes School of Navigation Maps made more accurate Stronger ships All this encouraged exploration
BALBOA Reaches South Sea • Francisco Nunes de Balboa Balboa claims dominion over the South Seas. In 1510, Francisco Núñez de Balboa (1475-1519) established a settlement at Darien in present-day Panama. He led an expedition to the west coast of the isthmus and became the first European to look out on what he called "the south seas." When he saw the new body of water, Balboa exclaimed, "¡Qué pacífico!" ("how calm!"), thus naming it and claiming it for Spain. Unhappily, his jealous father-in-law, Pedrarias Dávila, later had Balboa tried for treason and beheaded.
EXPLAINING To Settle dispute between Portugal & Spain over claims of land in the Americas
SECTION WRAP-UP WEST AMERICAS WEST ASIA ROUND ROUND