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Early Explorers

Why did Explorers leave Europe? Sea routes for spice trade Find natural resources Expand kingdom and more land Expand knowledge and religion

Who were the major explorers? Christopher Columbus Amerigo Vespucci Ferdinand Magellan Hernando Cortes

Columbus 1492-1493 Wanted to find new trade routes to Asia Landed in the Caribbean New areas of land were known as the “New World”

Columbus, Cont. Came back in 1493 with more ships and people Found gold and it was on! Spain began to colonize the New World Still thought they were in Asia

Amerigo vespucci 1499 Italian Tried to find a new way to India 1st trip- thought he was in Asia 2nd Trip- realized it was not Asia and named the new continent “the Americas”

Ferdinand Magellan 1519-1522 Portuguese Wanted to find a way to the Pacific via the Atlantic Went around the tip of South America Got killed in civil war in Philippines Crew finished the trip and were the first to go completely around the world.

Hernando Cortes 1519-1521 Member of the Spanish colony in Cuba Heard that the Mayans in Mexico had gold Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico and claimed the land for Spain