Vasco Da Gama By: Dracen Poovey Vasco Da Gama was a portuguese explorer who discovered a new trade route to India which was a very significant discovery to Europe. In this essay I will tell you a story about a man named Vasco Da Gama. Vasco Da Gama was a portuguese explorer in in the late 1400’s. He was very adventurous and brave, his biggest goal in life was to find a quicker trade route by sea linked from Europe to India that was much faster. So he set out to do it, his initial voyage was from 1497 to 1499. At the time his voyage was the longest voyage ever made. He struck land May 20th, 1498. His discovery brought a great boost to both economies by making trade much quicker. At first they traded pepper and cinnamon, but they ended up
This the route to Florida he came from Jamaica he took sail in 1519 and finished in 1528 he sailed to get gold but died battling indians.
There, the Spanish used the labor force of natives and spurred the circulation of silver. At the same time, Europeans began making overseas voyages to Asia, driven by the journey of Portuguese sailor Vasco de Gama, who became the first European to reach India overseas. This officially linked Asia and Europe through overseas routes, which became
The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of animals, diseases, and technology between the Old War and the New World. Native Americans before Columbus’s arrival would depend heavily on hunting and gathering or hunting and fishing depending on the tribe. But when Columbus and his crew came they killed the majority of the buffalo, but also introduced several crops and animals, such as tobacco and cows. There were a lot of cash crops that the Indians introduced to the Europeans such as sugarcane, rice, and wheat which definitely boosted the economy. One thing however, that did not change at all after Columbus’s arrival was the fact that they still had a thirst for trying new things and exploration.
Christopher Columbus is an explorer from Genoa Italy. He began his work when he was a teenager working on merchant ships until 1470. This ship would be attacked while sailing along the portuguese coast, but Columbus survived as he floated to shore in Lisbon. When he was here, he began to study mathematics and navigation and began to plan his most renowned voyage. The reason for his voyage was to find a direct route from Europe to Asia which had not been done before. Originally Columbus did not receive a lot of support for his trip because most felt that his estimation of how large the earth is was faulty. In fact, he was turned down for funds by the Kings of Portugal, France, and England, and 1486 when King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella rejected funding his trip twice. It wasn't until 1491 that he finally received assistance and funding for his expedition from Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. Columbus's voyage started on August 3, 1492 where he and his crew set sail for Asia. Although he did not find a direct route to Asia he did land on a Bahamian island, and began centuries of transatlantic conquest and colonization. A key part of his expedition that isn't very known is that Spanish monarchs funded his trip even though he was from a foreign country. There are many reason why these Spanish monarchs were interested in hiring a foreign explorer for such an important mission but he main three are riches, religion, and trading.
After reading the essay written by Jesus Villahermosa I believe his thesis statement is “Given my extensive experience dealing with violence in the workplace and at schools and colleges, I do not think professors and administrators, let alone students, should carry guns”. In his second paragraph, he lays out reason as to why he feels this way and shows that he can be considered an expert in firearm safety. Giving information into his background reinforces his position and add to his argument against arming people on college campuses. Some may be surprised that he is against having armed professors and students on campus because of his background. However, I am not surprised that he is strongly against having firearm toting professors, administrators and students throughout campuses. He is properly trained, experienced with firearm safety and marksmanship which in turn gives him great support to his argument.
Although Vasco da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488 to find a trade route to India, he was also looking for other Christian kings and spices. Da Gama was known as “captain-major” to his crew-mates, and he was an ambassador for Prince Henry. When he landed in India, he gave two letters to the king of Calicut. In a cultural misunderstanding, Vasco da Gama tried to give gifts to the king that were laughed at because the poorest merchant would give gifts better than the gift that da Gama gave. Although Vasco da Gama gave the wrong gift to the king, he still
Ever since humanity could interact with one another, we would gather among ourselves and share stories. As time went on these same stories were passed down from generation to generation, changing the contents of the story ever so slightly. These stories were called legends and folktales. They share a half true story about a hero tackling an obstacle, these stories are typically important because they share a meaning and symbolizes characteristics from a certain culture in which they originate form. In With a Pistol in His Hands, Americo Paredes compares both the legend of Gregorio Cortez and the actual real-life events in order to point out the differences in hope that it would shed light of the injustice that Mexican-Americans endured during this time.
There were also numerous explorers that traveled overseas finding new trade routes: Henry the navigator, Vasco De Gama, and Bartolomeu Dias.
The 1492 voyage granted Christopher Columbus recognition with the European, which secured him the title of Admiral of the Ocean Sea. More importantly, it also helped him to obtain further royal patronage and as a result he lead three more expeditions to the Caribbean.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who discovered the Americas in 1492. He is known for his achievement of starting the European colonization in the Americas. In his journal In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, he narrates everything that he encountered day by day. He left Spain in the Santa Maria with the Pinta and the Nina following him and a big and skillful crew. On Thursday, October 11 the crew of the Pinta discovered the first land. A word that would perfectly describe his journey is exploration.
Christopher Columbus set sail in 1492 on a mission to find an all water route to the western Indies, instead Columbus reached North America where he continued his search for gold and trade.
Born in 1460, this explorer was a Spaniard and was able to acquire many skills at a young age through training. After his training as a squire, he went out to fight against the Muslims in the war that ended in 1492. A year later he went onto Christopher Columbus’s second voyage to travel the New World to see what it had to offer. Settling in the first decade of the 1500s in Hispaniola, in the hopes of building an island colony for Spain. After being able to suppress a Caribbean uprising in Hispaniola in 1504, he was
During the age of exploration and colonization, Portuguese mariners first found success in establishing trade along the African coast. They set up trading posts on offshore island using a new ship design, planting a variety of crops and trading commodities with people along the coast. Additionally, Vasco da Gama travelled around the tip of Africa to trade with East Africa and India. While their most of their goods were seen as inferior, da Gama returned with fighting vessels and established trading posts in the Indian Ocean by using force.
Vasco da Gama's revolutionary sea expedition to India is one of the most crucial moments in the entire history of exploration. Till the middle of 15th century, Portugal was the foremost seafaring country in Europe. King Manuel I: the ruler of Portugal hired about four ships for the voyage around Africa to the legendary land of India. King Manuel I knew that India was a huge cradle of variety of spices, which were extremely rare to see in other places and moreover they were pretty expensive in Europe. The king had also noticed that the Muslim merchants transported the spices by caravans through Arabian deserts and sold them in the markets of the Mediterranean ports. King Manuel I expected a new sea route to India, as that would enable him to import spices directly. This achievement was very important for Portugal as they could trade and earn money a lot of money from it. India was filled with spices: Pepper was a very common and the most used spice, it was used to preserve food and to flavor spoiled meat. Pepper was originated from Cochin and Malabar Coast in India. Cloves and cinnamon were equally used. They were used for keeping the food hygienic and ventilated. They were also sprinkled across the floor to avoid foot odor from entering the room. Many spices were also used for the cure of various illnesses and deadly diseases. India was the foremost spice trader for most of the countries including Europe.
Christopher Columbus was a leader, explorer, adventurer, thinker, and doer. Although he was rejected multiple times whilst trying to get the funds necessary to travel to India, he did not give up and continued to seek the approval of the Portuguese and Spanish monarchies. Eventually, when Queen Isabella was