COLUMBUS

•-BORN 1451 IN THE PORT CITY OF GENOA, ITALY

•-LATER SETTLED IN PORTUGAL

•-STUDIED MARCO POLO'S WRITINGS ABOUT ASIA AND DREAMS OF FAME AND RICHES TO BE HAD IN ASIA

•-BY THE 1480'S MOST PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT THE WORLD WAS IN FACT ROUND, BUT THAT ASIA WAS TO FAR AWAY TO REACH BY SAILING WEST

COLUMBUS

• -FIRST APPROACHED KING JOHN OF PORTUGAL TO FINANCE A TRIP WEST TO ASIA

• -JOHN BELIEVED THAT ASIA WAS MORE THAN 10,000 MILES FROM EUROPE. NO SHIP COULD MAKE SUCH A JOURNEY

• -PRESENTED HIS PLAN TO FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SPAIN WHO WEIGHED THE SMALL COST OF THE VOYAGE VS. THE GREAT WEALTH IF SUCCESSFUL

COLUMBUS

• -ON 8/3/1492, PINTA NINA AND SANTA MARIA -DURING THE TRIP, MANY SAILORS BECOME FRIGHTENED AND WANTED TO TURN BACK. COLUMBUS KEEPS TWO LOGS TO KEEP THE CREW FOOLED AS TO THE REAL DISTANCE TRAVELED

• -ON 10/12/1492, BELIEVING THAT HE HAD REACHED THE INDIES, NAMED THE ISLAND HE LANDED ON SAN SALVADOR AND CALLED THE NATIVE AMERICANS--INDIANS.

• -COLUMBUS DID NOT FIND THE THINGS THAT MARCO POLO HAD DESCRIBED

COLUMBUS

• -MADE THREE OTHER VOYAGES. HIS SECOND HE STARTED A COLONY AND ON THE OTHER TWO HE SAILED ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

• -DIED 1506, NEVER KNOWING THAT HE HAD REACHED TWO CONTINENTS UNKNOWN TO EUROPEANS OF HIS TIME

BALBOA

• 1513

• HEARD RUMORS OF A TRIBE WITH A LOT OF GOLD

• SEARCHED WESTWARD ACROSS THE ISTHMUS OF PANAMA

BALBOA

• FOUND AN “ENDLESS” SEA

• CALLED IT THE SOUTH SEA

• FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN

BALBOA

• FOUND AN “ENDLESS” SEA

• CALLED IT THE SOUTH SEA

• FIRST EUROPEAN TO SEE THE PACIFIC OCEAN

PONCE DE LEON

• 1513

• SEARCHED FOR A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

• FOUND A “LAND OF FLOWERS”

• NAMED IT FLORIDA

ST. AUGUSTINE

• 1565

• OLDEST CITY STARTED IN THE UNITED STATES

CORTES

• 1519

• WANTED TO CONQUER THE AZTEC EMPIRE

• WANTED THE GOLD HELD BY THE AZTECS

• WENT TO THE CAPITAL CITY WITH 500 MEN

CORTES

• 1519• MILITARY ADVANTAGES: GUNS,

MUSKETS, GUNPOWDER & HORSES• AZTECS THOUGHT: SPANISH WERE GODS• AZTECS HAD MANY NATIVE AMERICAN

ENEMIES WHO HELPED CORTES• NO IMMUNITY TO EUROPEAN DISEASES

MONTEZUMA V. CORTES

• MONTEZUMA SENT GOLD AND GIFTS TO TRY AND SATISFY CORTES

• CORTES WANTED IT ALL

• PUSHED ONTO THE CAPITAL CITY AND CAPTURED MONTEZUMA

• CORTES FOUN D MORE RICHES THAN HE EVER IMAGINED

SPAIN TAKES CONTROL OF ALL OF CENTRAL AMERICA

• SPAIN BECOMES THE MOST SPAIN BECOMES THE MOST POWERFUL NATION IN THE POWERFUL NATION IN THE WORLDWORLD

MAGELLAN

• 1519

• WANTED TO REACH ASIA BY SAILING WEST

• SAILED THROUGH THE ROUGH WATERS AT THE TIP OF SOUTH AMERICA

• REACHED THE “PEACEFUL” WATERS

• NAMED THIS “NEW” OCEAN THE PACIFIC

“MAGELLAN” FIRST TO ROUND THE WORLD

• STARTED WITH 5 SHIPS IN SPAIN IN 1519• CROSSED THE ATLANTIC THEN THE

PACIFIC• REACHED THE PHILIPPINES WHERE

MAGELLAN WAS KILLED IN A BATTLE WITH NATIVES

• LAST SHIP WITH REMAINING CREW CONTINUED TO THE SPICE ISLANDS

MAGELLAN’S CREW SAILS THE WORLD

• THE ONLY SHIP LOADED WITH EASTERN GOODS RETURNED TO SPAIN

• ARRIVED IN 1522.• JOURNEY TOOK 3 YEARS AND WAS VERY

PROFITABLE EVEN AFTER LOSING 4 SHIPS• PROVED THAT ONE COULD REACH ASIA BY

SAILING WEST AND STILL TURN A PROFIT• SHOWED HOW LARGE THE WORLD REALLY

WAS

PIZARRO

• 1531-1535

• EXPLORED WITH BALBOA

• WANTED TO FIND BALBOA’S CITY OF GOLD

• THOUGHT THAT THE “GOLDEN CITY” WAS TO THE SOUTH

• FOUND IT IN PERU

PIZARRO AND THE INCA

• ATTACKED THE INCA LEADER AND CAPTURED THE GREAT INCA

• PROMISED TO RETURN THE GREAT INCA IN EXCHANGE FOR A ROOM FULL OF GOLD

• THE INCA’S PAID THE RANSOM AND PIZARRO KILLED THE LEADER ANYWAY

• APPOINTED A “PUPPET LEADER”

DESOTO

• 1539

• FIRST TO EXPLORE THE U.S.

• EXPLORED FROM TEXAS TO FLORIDA

• SAILED ON PART OF THE MISSISSIPPI

• CLAIMED ALL THIS TERRITORY FOR SPAIN

CORONADO

• 1540

• TRAVELED MUCH OF THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S.

• SEACHED FOR THE SEVEN CITIES OF GOLD--STREETS PAVED IN GOLD

• CLAIMED ALL OF THE SOUTHWEST FOR SPAIN

WHO CAME AND WHY?• SOLDIERS--HOPING TO CONQUER

NEW LAND• EXPLORERS--LOOKING FOR GOLD• MERCHANTS--CAME TO BUY AND

SELL GOODS• PRIESTS(MISSIONARIES)--HOPED TO

CONVERT NATIVEAMERICANS TO CATHOLICISM (CHRISTIANITY)

THE THREE “G’s” OF THE THREE “G’s” OF EXPLORATIONEXPLORATION

•GOLD

•GLORY

•GOSPEL