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SPANISH EXPLORATION

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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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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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• Eventually Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain agree to fund the voyage

• “14 hundred and 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”

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• Columbus miscalculates– Underestimates the

size of the Atlantic– Overestimates the size

of the land mass

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• Four Voyages– Caribbean– Central and South America

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• Columbus died thinking he had failed

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

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FERDINAND MAGELLAN

• He was Portuguese yet he sailed for Spain

• His crew circumnavigated the globe

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• 1519-1522

• Magellan didn’t survive

• Success is determining the true size of the earth

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CONQUISTADORES

• Name given to Spanish conquerers

• Two are very successful in bringing riches to Spain

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1. Hernando Cortez (1519)

• Mexico• Aztecs• Tenochtitlan• Montezuma• 3 years to wipe out

this thriving civilization

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2. FRANCISCO PIZARRO(1532)

• Peru

• Incas

• Atahualpa

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Results

• “Century of Gold” for Spain

• Great civilizations of the Americas are completely destroyed