EARLY EXPLORATION

EQ: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia?

CHAPTER 2-2 SEEKING NEW TRADE ROUTES

School of Navigation Maps made more accurate Stronger ships All this encouraged exploration

 Francisco Nunes de Balboa Balboa claims dominion over the South Seas. In 1510, Francisco Núñez de Balboa ( ) established a settlement at Darien in present-day Panama. He led an expedition to the west coast of the isthmus and became the first European to look out on what he called "the south seas." When he saw the new body of water, Balboa exclaimed, "¡Qué pacífico!" ("how calm!"), thus naming it and claiming it for Spain. Unhappily, his jealous father- in-law, Pedrarias Dávila, later had Balboa tried for treason and beheaded.

To Settle dispute between Portugal & Spain over claims of land in the Americas

WEST AMERICAS ASIA ROUND