1. The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson
The American Promise: A History of the United States Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 2
Europeans Encounter the New World:
1492–1600
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2. Europe in the Age of Exploration
Mediterranean Trade and European Expansion
A Century of Portuguese Exploration

3. in the Western Atlantic
A Surprising New World
in the Western Atlantic
The Explorations of Columbus
The Geographic Revolution and the Columbian Exchange

4. Spanish Exploration and Conquest
The Conquest of Mexico
The Search for Other Mexicos
New Spain in the Sixteenth Century
The Toll of Spanish Conquest and Colonization
Spanish Outposts in Florida and New Mexico

5. Sixteenth-Century Europe
The New World and
Sixteenth-Century Europe
The Protestant Reformation and the European Order
New World Treasure and Spanish Ambitions
Europe and the Spanish Example

6. Chapter 2 Europeans Encounter the New World: 1492–1600
Map 2.1 European Trade Routes and Portuguese Exploration in the Fifteenth Century (p. 38)
Map 2.2 European Exploration in Sixteenth-Century America (p. 43)
Map 2.3 New Spain in the Sixteenth Century (p. 52)
Figure 2.1 New World Gold and Silver Imported into Spain during the Sixteenth Century, in Pesos (p. 56)
Mixed Races (p. 57)
Algonquian Ceremonial Dance (p. 63)