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S.S.-AgeExploration
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Purposes for Exploration | Obtaining natural resources Religous freedom/to spread religion To find the Northwest Passage To gain power over other European countries |
| Natural resouces included | spices, minerals (gold, silver, and copper) land, animals and skins, and eventually human labor (slaves) |
| Examples of religous freedom/spreading a religion | The Plymouth Rock Colony The Spanish, Portuguese, and French desire to spread Catholism |
| Portuguese Explorers | 1) Prince Henry 2)Bartholonew Diaz 3)Vasco da Gama, 4) Ferdinand Magellan, 5)Christopher Columbus* & 6) Pedro Alvares Cabral |
| Prince Henry | developed a Navigation school in Portugal (1394) |
| Bartholomew Diaz | sailed to the Cape of Good Hope (1487) |
| Vasco da Gama | first European to reach India (1498) |
| Ferdinand Magellan | led the first voyage around the world (1519) |
| Christopher Columbus* | born in Italy, lived in Portugal, sailed for Spain...landed in the ¨New World¨ (1492) |
| Pedro Alvarez Cabral | 1st European to see Brazil (1500) |
| Spanish Explorers | 1) Christopher Columbus 2)Herman Cortes 3)Vasco Balboa 4)Francisco Pizarro 5)Vasquez de Coronado 6)Hernando de Soto 7)Juan Ponce de Leon |
| Christopher Columbus | funded by King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain 1492 Explored Domincan Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat 1498 Venezuela 1502 Honduras & Panama |
| Herman Cortes | (1485-1547) Captured Tenochtitlan and Aztec king Montezuma in modern Mexico |
| Vasco Balboa | 1513 - 1st European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from its Eastern shore - claimed all of the Pacific Ocean and the land it touched for Spain |
| Francisco Pizarro | 1534 conquered the Incas to Peru Founded Lima, Peru traveled with Balboa to NEW WORLD in 1513 Hernando de Soto was on this voyage with Pizarro |
| Vasquez de Coronado | 1st European to explore Southwest of North America (Arizona & New Mexico) He was looking for the 7 cities of gold (El Dorado) 1st European to see the Grand Canyon |
| Hernando De Soto | explored Florida and Southeastern America became wealthy with Incan gold governor of Cuba (1538-39) buried along the banks of the Mississippi |
| Juan Ponce De Leon | 1st European to see Florida was in search of the fountain of youth |
| Italian explorers | 1) Amerigo Vespucci 2)Giovanni da Verrazzano |
| Amerigo Vespucci | *North and South American continent are named after him immigrated to Spain in 1505 and sailed for King Ferdinand. *1507 German mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller prints a map that used America to name the NEW WORLD |
| Giovanni da Verrazzano | explored the Northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine PIRATE - captured a Spanish ship with gold from Aztecs that had been taken by Herman Cortes 1527 captured and executed by the Spanish |
| French Explorers | 1) Jacques Cartier 2)Jacques Marquette 3)Robert de LaSalle |
| Jacques Carter | named Canada ¨Kanata¨ after the Huron-Iroquois word meaning village was with Giovanni da Verrazzano (see ITALY) on expedition to North America Made 3 voyages to spread Catholism to native people |
| Jasques Marquette | was a French Jesuit Priest disovered the Mississippi River (Northern Part) 1666 was sent to Canada to convert native peopel to Catholism learned 6 Native American languages 1675 died near Ludington, Michigan |
| Robert de LaSalle | 1666 went Quebec looking for the Northwest Passage. Also explored Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan(around wisconsin Spring 1682 - found the Mississippi, went south, claimed river and all land touching it for France (Louisana) |
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