portuguese and spanish explorers & (portugal) (spain)
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Portuguese and Spanish Explorers
&
(Portugal) (Spain)
Portugal
The Portuguese were the first to begin exploring because of the caravel.Key Person Area Explored
Motivation Impact
Prince Henry ·Called "The Navigator"·Did not actually sail.
·Wanted to encourage trade with Africa and the Indies
·Set up a school for navigation.(the practice of plotting a course at sea).
Bartholomeu Dias
·Western coast of Africa
·Trying to reach Asia by water
·First to reach the southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama
·Indian Ocean and India
·Establishing water trade route to India
·Portugal became wealthy from trade with Asia
Prince Henry "the Navigator" who
encouraged expeditions to explore
the coast of Africa
Bartholomeu Dias sailing around the
southern tip of Africa
Vasco da Gama successfully made the trip to India to
open up trade
Spain3 Motivations: Gold, Glory, & God
Key People Area Explored Motivation Impact
Christopher Columbus (Italian)
·Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean·Founded New Spain (Hispaniola)
·Wealth·Personal Fame
·First European to report back land west of Europe.· Abused Native Americans and his crew
Bartolomé de Las Casas
·Not an explorer·A Catholic priest
·Wanted to help Native Americans
·Helped end the use of Native Americans as slaves (encomienda)
Ponce de Leon ·Florida ·Looking for mythical "Fountain of Youth"
·Claimed Florida for Spain
Hernando de Soto
·Mississippi River ·Gold and land ·Claimed much of Eastern North America for Spain
Francisco Coronado
·Southwestern US
Looking for "7 Cities of Gold"
·Claimed much of western North America for Spain·Discovered Grand Canyon
Christopher Columbus
(Cristóbal Colón)
Bartolomé de Las Casasseeking reforms for better treatment of Native Americans
Las Casas wanted to end
the encomienda
system
Ponce de Leon in searchof the "Fountain of Youth"
Expeditions of de Soto 1539-1543
Hernando de Soto and his men explored
much of the southeastern US and the Mississippi River
Francisco Coronado sought the mythical "7
cities of gold." He never found them but his men did find the Grand
Canyon
Key Vocabulary
Nationalism: pride in, or devotion to one's country
Encomienda: the right given to a Spaniard to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans that he was to take care of and convert to Christianity
Plantation: a large estate farmed by many workers