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Spanish Exploration

A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492

Motives for European Exploration Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. Reformation  refugees & missionaries (religion).……GOD Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue (money)…….GOLD Technological advances allowed for better sea travel (less risk of death). Fame and fortune…….GLORY

New Maritime Technologies Better Maps [Portulan] Hartman Astrolabe (1532) Mariner’s Compass Sextant

New Weapons Technology

Portuguese Maritime Empire Christopher Columbus searching for a westward route to Asia. Exploring the west coast of Africa. Vasco da Gama, 1498 - first European to reach India through sea.

Christopher Columbus [1451-1506] Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria “discovered” the “New World” in 1492. Columbus called the Native Americans, Indians, because he believed he had reached the West Indies!

Columbus’ Four Voyages

Other Voyages of Exploration

The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs vs. Fernando Cortez Montezuma II

Mexico Surrenders to Cortez

The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas vs. Francisco Pizarro Spanish Conquistador Atahualpa

Treasures from the Americas!

Impact of European Expansion Native populations ravaged by disease. Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate. [“Price Revolution”] New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. Deepened colonial rivalries.