1. How will Spain benefit from exploring the New World?
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How will Spain benefit from exploring the New World?
Give at least 3 ways!!
$$$$
Natural resources
Gold/sugar/spices/metals… Why the desperation for salt/spices?
Worldwide respect
↑ population base….↑ land
Spread of Catholicism
Negative part of getting all this stuff?
Others will want it!!!!!!!!!!

2. European Competition Portugal is the main early rival to Spain
Prince Henry the Navigator
Why are Spain and Portugal the early leaders in the race for the New World?
GEOGRAPHICALLY COOL!!!!
Think Italy and Renaissance!!
Contact with Moors who were more advanced than Europe
Explorers would claim land for their countries in New World, but big problems arise. ?????
How do you enforce the territory you claim, when no one is their to defend it, or lives there, you just say its yours!
Other people/civilizations already exist on the land
Competing claims leads to war

3. Treaty of Tordesillas-1494
Portugal and Spain agree to have the Pope settle their disputed claims in the New World… Why would they let the Pope decide???
Shows importance/respect for religious leaders
Both countries are Catholic, so he will be fair, right?

4. Conquistadores
How is it possible that all of these conquistadores can conquer millions of people from established empires?
Disease
Technology
Religion
Rivalries among the natives
Displacement
Intermarrying

5. Conquistadores-Worth the Glory?
Juan Ponce de Leon
Searching for Fountain of Youth
Discovers Florida
Poison arrow
Hernando Cortez
Conquered Aztecs/Mexico for Spain
Died of infections/ heavily in debt/ little recognition by king
Juan Pissarro
Conquered Incas/South America for Spain
Assassinated in his home by a rival

6. Explorers- Worth the Glory?
Bartolomeau Dias
Cape of Good Hope/ bottom of Africa
Shipwrecked, drowned
Vasco de Gama
1st to India
Died of malaria after being forced to go back there
Henry Hudson
NYC/Canada for Dutch
Looking for NW Passage
Mutiny by crew, left him and son adrift on a boat to die in Hudson Bay
Giovanni Verrazano
N. America for France
While exploring Bahamas, captured and eaten by Carib tribe
Ferdinand Magellan
Rounded the world…… sort of
Bamboo spear in Philippines, then clubbed to death and probably eaten
Juan Sebestian Elcano?????
John Cabot (Givovanni Caboto)
North America for England/ second European to N. America
Lost at sea. Most likely thrown overboard by his crew!!!