Explorers of the PNW Spanish Exploration
Spanish Exploration Agenda (Don’t start writing yet) Get notebooks and something to write with Open textbooks to page 120 Objective Overview Motivations Explorers Interactions with native population Preview
Objective Upon completion of this lesson students should be able to… explain the motivations for Spanish exploration of the PNW. identify eight key Spanish sailors for their contributions to PNW exploration. describe Spanish interaction with PNW natives.
Overview Spain and Portugal Spanish Motivations Explorers Dates Contributions Interactions with PNW natives
Spain and Portugal (Start writing now) Rivalry in Western Hemisphere Pope Clement Demarcation Line in 1494 Spanish get the bulk Portuguese get east coast of Brazil
First European country with interest in PNW Motivations Control native civilizations Gold and silver Northwest Passage In one word: power Timeframe 1542 - 1819
Explorers (chronological) Bartolome Ferrelo Martin Aguilar Sebastian Vizcaino Juan Perez Bruno de Hezeta and Juan Bodega y Quadra Francisco Eliza and Manuel Quimper
Spanish Exploration Bartolome Ferrelo 1542 Explored Oregon coast Trying to find western entrance to Northwest Passage
Martin Aguilar 1602 – 1603 Explored Cape Blanco in SW Oregon Looking for NW Passage
Sebastian Vizcaino 1602 – 1603 Explored SW Oregon, Rogue River Looking for NW Passage
Juan Perez 1774 Sailed along WA and BC coast Established Nootka Village Made territorial claim of Queen Charlotte Islands and Vancouver Island
Bruno de Hezeta and Juan Bodega y Quadra 1775 Noted large river between OR and WA Named it San Rogue River (Columbia River now)
Francisco Eliza and Manuel Quimper 1790 Multiple expeditions along WA and BC coasts Explored San Juan Islands, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Georgia Strait
Interactions with PNW natives Perez (1774) landed on Vancouver Island Did not know it was an island Bodega y Quadra (1775) stayed among the Nuu-chah-nulth on the island Read his description of the natives
Vocabulary words in Quadra document Affable: friendly; easy to get along with Disposition: attitude; personality Trifles: cheap items Solemnize: perform a ritual Gunwale: top edge of a ship Chattel: personal, movable property (not land)
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