Transcript Explorers PPT

Portuguese Explorers
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Prince Henry
“The Navigator”
 Sponsor- Portugal
 Motivation For ExplorationGold, God, Glory
 Claims to Fame: Set up a
school of navigation and
mapmaking
Bartolomeu Dias
 Sponsor- Portugal
 Motivation For ExplorationGold, God, Glory
 Claims to Fame: 1st European to
to go around the Southern tip of
Africa
Vasco da Gama
 Sponsor- Portugal
 Motivation For ExplorationSpices
 Claims to Fame: charted a sea
route to India
Pedro Cabral
 Sponsor- Portugal
 Motivation For Explorationestablished trading posts and
treaties
 Claims to Fame: claimed
present day Brazil for
Portugal
Spanish Explorers and
Conquistadors (adventurers)
Why did the Spanish explore?
 In the late 1400’s Spain was determined to make their
country a powerful force in Europe.
 One way to do this was to sponsor explorations and
claim new lands for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
 Italian explorer who sailed
for Spain
 Believed sailing west would
be the easiest route to the
Indies. (or Asia)
 Set sail for the “New World”
on three ships called the
Nina, Pinta, and Santa
Maria
Ferdinand Magellan
 Believed he could sail
west to the Indies if he
found a strait, or channel,
through South America.
Ponce de Leon
Explored Florida for Spain
Was in search of the “Fountain of
Youth”
Hernan Cortes
 Explored Mexico and
conquered the Aztecs
 Aztec king Montezuma
welcomed Cortes but was
taken hostage
 Used weapons and disease to
destroy the Aztecs
Francisco Pizarro
 Conquered the Inca Empire in
South America
 Pizarro launched a surprise
attack and kidnapped the
emperor.
 Pizarro killed the emperor
after his people paid a large
ransom of gold and silver
What was the impact of
Spanish exploration?
 Spain earned great wealth from settlements in the New
World.
 The Spanish devastated native people. Priests forced
them into Christianity.
 Natives were forced into slavery, many died of
starvation, overwork, or European disease.
 Spanish introduced many new things to the Americas
Treaty of Tordesilles
Treaty of Tordesilles
 Agreement between Spain and Portugal- divided the
AMERICAS into two parts (1 part for Spain and 1 part
for Portugal)
 Because not much exploring was done… Most of the
Americas was given to (or claimed by) Spain.
What was the Columbian
Exchange?