Bartolome’ de Las Casas was a Spanish colonist and a Dominican friar. His uncles and father were part of Christopher Columbus second voyage to America. There were rumors of all the gold, spices and other valuables going around Europe, so the Spanish built small colonies on the island of Hispaniola. Las Casas in 1502 traveled to the New World to serve as an officer of the king. He was given a group of Native Americans forced to serve and obey him. However he released his laborers and spent the rest of his life protecting the Native Americans.
Juan Perez was a kind hearted explorer who cared about the wellbeing of people. When he went on the first
Ponce de Leon’s career as an explorer began in 1493, on Columbus’s second voyage. He was a conquistador, a leader of the Spanish conquest. He was probably looking to become wealthy from all of the gold in the Americas. Ponce de Leon may have been curious. It is a mystery
You have probably learned about Christopher Columbus and how he discovered North America, but do you know about Hernándo Cortés? Hernán Cortés was a famous conquistador who caused the fall of the Aztec Empire. Hernándo, was an amazing conquistador, had a hard early life, and is very important to our world today. Hernán brought large portions of Mexico under the King of Castile. He started many cocoa bean plantations. He had a rough early life and his parents wanted him to be a lawyer, but he went his own way. He was very wealthy and successful. Without him many things would have been different.
Hernan Cortes was a fierce conquistador from Spain that grew up in a noble family. In 1504, he headed out for Hispaniola but ended up in Cuba in 1511. Cortes convinced the Cuban governor to let him be the leader and general of an expedition to Mexico. He then established Veracruz, and was elected official General. Cortes scorched his ships. His men were skeptical about
He led many expeditions into South America. Most were unsuccessful because they met many hostile tribes and he didn’t have
Christopher Columbus and Alvez Nunez Cabeza de Vaca were both explorers for Spain, but under different rulers and different times. The more famous, Christopher Columbus, came before de Vaca’s time. Columbus sailed a series of four voyages between 1492 and 1504 in search for a route to Asia which led accidentally to his discovery of new land inhabited with Indians. Christopher sailed under the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella for his journey to the “Indies,” whom he was loyal to by claiming everything in their name. De Vaca , followed in Christopher’s footsteps and journeyed to Hispanionola for Spain’s emperor, Charlves V, the grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella. Both, Columbus and de Vaca composed a series of letters addressing the
persuaded Velazquez to give him the command of an expedition to Mexico. And this is the beginning of Cortes’ legacy.
Hernan Cortes was a young man who dreamed of having his own fortune in the new world. When he was 19, he joined an expedition to Cuba and he realized that he could conquer new land. Years later, when he was all grown up, he was sent from Spain to conquer new land. He ended up landing in Mexico. He found new land for him to conquer and earn riches that he never dreamed of having in his life and
I’m starting my first journal entry I have not had time for it yet until Now, because we have been loading all the supplies onto the boat to sail to the new world. Our General Hernando de Soto is a great leader. He commands all 600 of us he was born in 1500 and died 1542.
Who is Francisco Pizarro: Conquistador is a term that defines the soldiers and explorers of the New World. There are many conquistadors before the discovery of the New World. However, the most important and unforgettable conquistador was born between sometime in the 1470s. Francisco Pizarro, Gonzalez, is the Spanish conquistador who was the leader of the expedition of the Inca Empire. And behind this expedition, there is a long story that defines a man and events that prove facts. So, who is Francisco Pizarro? According to the facts, Francisco Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain. His date of birth is unknown, but some say that it is sometimes in the 1470s, perhaps 1474. He was the illegitimate son of infantry Colonel Gonzalo Pizarro, who was
De Leon helped the world by exploring the coast of Florida. In the 1512 expedition he discovered the Gulf Stream. De Leon was the first governor of Puerto Rico. He was a great leader that’s a fact because he had military leader of the Hispaniola. He also had experience with exploring because he went on the second voyage with Cristopher Columbus. Another thing is he was wealthy because he found gold and he sold things to sailors. To top things off he led an expedition in 1513 that contained
Born: 1500, Province of Badajoz, Spain Died: May 21, 1542, Mississippi River Nationality: Spanish Spouse: Inés de Bobadilla (m. 1537–1542) Siblings: Catalina de Soto, Maria de Soto, Juan Mendez de Soto De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged throughout the southeastern United States, both searching for gold, reported by various Indian tribes and earlier explorers, and a passage to China or the Pacific coast. De Soto died in 1542 on the banks of the Mississippi River[5] in what is now Guachoya, Arkansas or Ferriday, Louisiana.
There were also numerous explorers that traveled overseas finding new trade routes: Henry the navigator, Vasco De Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias.
Entry 2 When we went we brought about seven hundred other men. And we brought two hundred thirteen horses. And weapons like bow and arrows. Wen went their too get more gold and silver. And we got more slaves. From 1539 to 1542 hernando De Soto was ether born baracco or Badajoz. Desoto heads too georgia and he is appointed.