Spanish Period- History 1

Clark make canoes to finish the trip to the Pacific. They made it to the Pacific on November 15,

The 15th century was a prosperous time for trade and travel for the whole world round, even if some believed the world was flat. Columbus came from this time period in which he was born in Italy to a poor family. Despite living in such an impoverished lifestyle, the young Columbus was flourished in rich learnings of the times and languages. From these beginnings he grew to be a mariner in his twenties. Columbus was in his thirties when he first began his trials to find an Atlantic path to Asia. His only predicament was that he needed a way to finance such a journey to Asia via the Atlantic ocean. Any merchant would be in awe of the idea of an easier path to Asia, but the most notable problem was, was it possible to find such a path within a range that a ship

The America’s when he set voyage, in hopes of finding the Indies for Spain in 1492.

Ferdinand Magellan, on April 27,1521, was he worth defending? Magellan was not worth defending on the Philippine Bay. Ever Since Magellan sailed out into the open sea, his crew was never with him, mutinies, deaths, cruelty all these were examples what happened on the sail with Magellan. What really led to his deathbed on April 27, was the Concern of his crew, Cruelty, and poor Navigational skills through the journey.

During the same time as Portugal’s expansion Spain was also seeking a passage from Spain across the Atlantic to Asia. A man from

* Vasco de Balboa went across the Isthmus of Panama in 1513 and saw across the Pacific.

• in 1513- he struggled is way through Panama and became 1st person of Europe to visit and be at the Pacific

Research Question: The New World was not found in a day! Who are the famous explores from 1492-1550’s?

The journey starts in 17 June 1527 with five ships and around 600 men. They were expecting to reach their first destination after one month and half. They first went to Cuba on time. But many men chose to leave the ships and the number kept decreasing until 1533 in Karankawa where there were just four survivors left; Esteban, Dorantes, Cabeza de Vaca, and Castillo. These four survived diseases, animosity from the Native Americans, famine. At that time, Esteban guided the three Spanish men during the adventure to cross North America and come back to Mexico City to tell the world about their story.

-In an attempt to settle any disputes that might arise over this new world, theSpanish and Portuguese signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which divided the globein half. -In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan set out to sail around the American continent andlink up on the other side with Asia and India. He died on his journey, but theoverall voyage was a success and Magellan is considered the first person to eversail across the entire world. -The effect of all of this is that the Spanish and most of Europe now began toestablish trade and colonies in the Atlantic, and it grew so large that it began torival the Indian Ocean trading system.

Christopher Columbus, born in 1451 in Genoa,Italy, believed that sailing to the west across the Atlantic Ocean was the shortest and fastest sea route to the continent of Asia. Columbus did not realize that the western hemisphere is between Europe and Asia. This led to Columbus making the assumption that the Earth was a third of its actual size. Like many others in this time period, Christopher Columbus was unbothered by the political allegiances. He was willing to sail for whatever country would sponsor his voyage. However, he could never find a patron due to his arrogance or ambition. On August 2,1492, Columbus sent 3 ships which were accompanied by crews of eighty-seven men. These men made landfall on October 12th,1492, on the island of San Salvador. He made another voyage and explored present day Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Columbus made two more voyages made between the years of 1498 and 1500 to the Caribbean and the northern coast of South America. Months after he explored present day Cuba and Hispaniola Christopher Columbus found significant amounts of gold. Many of Christopher Columbus’ successes created potential conflict between Spain and Portugal. There are many reasons why the Spanish Monarch hired Columbus to find another route to Asia, however the main reasons are to get the Queen and King more land, riches, and crops.

The Iberian fleet of eleven ships under the command of Captain general Hernán Cortés sailed from Cuba

He knew where he was, when other people did not. According to the map made from various sources, the voyage of Magellan took about 3 years (from day left spain to day he died). We see that the ships spent about 8 months to go from Puerto San Julian to the Strait of Magellan (March 31st to November 21st). Magellan instructed his fleet to stay just in case of bad weather conditions and icy waters. He understood that there was going to be harsh weather coming by, so he did not leave.

They built a small town called Villa de la Navidad. Once the town was built they left 39 men there to watch over their settlement. The funniest part about this exploration was that Columbus believed he was in Asia the whole time. They later set sail for Spain with the ships they had left. On return in 1493 Columbus gave a report that was a bit over exaggerated, but the Spanish monarchy loved it. In the same year he went back to what he thought was Asia and explored more Caribbean Islands. Once he returned to Villa de la Navidad he found that not only had the town been destroyed, but all the sailors as

Spices were wanted so bad because they were exotic. The Europeans did not have spices where they lived and spices brought flavor to bland food. Europeans did not have easy access to spices which made for a high demand. Not only did europeans like spices due to the flavor they needed them for medicine. Spices had many uses to help the Europeans and that's why they were prized as amazing.