Transcript Ch. 3-1 - Uplift North Hills Prep

Chapter 3 Section 1
Spain Prepares for Exploration
Reconquista
• 800 years before Columbus set sail
• Spanish Christians vs. Islamic Moors
– Moors from northwest Africa
The Moors
• 711—Moors gained control of Spain
• Brought great wealth to region
The Christians
• Viewed retaking the land a necessity
• Believed God wanted them to drive out
“unbelieving” Moors
• Had hard time pushing Moors out
– Due to divisions among forces
– Fought among themselves
– Finally managed to push Moors out
Reconquista Completed
• Granada
– Last Moor stronghold
– 1492—Spanish Christians pushed Moors out
– Reconquista over
– Spain now fully under Spanish control
1492 History
• Leonardo da Vinci draws a flying machine
• Ivan the Great (Russia) invades Lithuania
• da Vinci’s Flying
Machine
The 3 G’s
• Soldiers
– Way for Spanish men to have better lives
– When enemy defeated, wealth was taken
– Mighty warrior=honor
– Gold
– Glory
– God
Change of Purpose
• After defeating Moors, soldiers lost their
purpose
• Soldiers now looking for new lands to
conquer
Christopher Columbus
• Experienced sailor
• Born in Italy
• Lived in Portugal
– Portuguese among
Europe’s leading
overseas explorers
Christopher Columbus
• 1453
– Turks captured Constantinople
– Price of oriental trade goods went up in
Europe
– Fortune to be made if route to “the Indies”
could be found that bypassed Muslimcontrolled territories
Christopher Columbus
• Columbus came up with plan to sail west
going long way around and arriving at
China from east
• Tried to interest King John of Portugal
– Portuguese working on own exploration route
going down coast of Africa—not interested
• 1486—Columbus left for Spain to interest
them
King John II
• Portuguese
explorations were his
main priority in
government
Christopher Columbus
• Spain involved in Reconquista
• Spanish King Ferdinand and Queen
Isabella had neither time nor money for
Columbus’s plan
• Columbus stayed in Spain waiting for
opportunity
Columbus’s 1st Voyage
• Columbus departed
from port of Palos
(near Huelva) on
August 3, 1492
• 3 ships
– Nina
– Pinta
– Santa Maria
Columbus’ 1st Voyage
• October 12, 1492
– Land sighted by Rodrigo de Triana
– Columbus called it San Salvador
• “They ought to make good and skilled servants, for
they repeat very quickly whatever we say to them.
I think they can very easily be made Christians, for
they seem to have no religion. If it pleases our
Lord, I will take six of them to Your Highnesses
when I depart, in order that they may learn our
language."
Columbus’ 1st Voyage
• October 28—explored Cuba
• December 5—explored Hispaniola
– Santa Maria ran aground
• The Nina
– Smallest of the fleet
– captained by Vicente
Añes Pinzón
– probably 50 or 60 tons
• The Pinta
– captained by Martín
Alonso Pinzón
– a smaller, lighter, and
faster ship than the
tubby Santa Maria
– probably was about 70
tons
– Fastest of the three
• The Santa Maria
– broad and slow,
designed for hauling
cargo
– Weighed about 100
tons
– The slowest of the 3
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