Age+of+Exploration

Lisa Hyndman


 * //Travels of John Mandeville -// spoke of realms filled with precious stones and gold
 * Treaty of Tordesillas - Spanish and Portuguese sign a treaty to divide the world in two. Spain gains west and Portugal gains east
 * Encomienda - granted Spain the right to collect tribute from natives and use them as laborers while protecting them and paying them wages
 * Bartolome de las casas - abolished encomienda system and provided more protection for the Indians


 * Explorers -**
 * Marco Polo:
 * traveled with Niccolo and Maffeo Polo to Kublai Khan's Mongol empire, and China
 * //The Travels// - record of his travels and a description of Asia.
 * Henry the Navigator:
 * Portuguese Prince, exploration of Western coast of Africa, successfully sailed through the "Sea of Darkness" past the Cape of Bajador, found gold in Africa
 * Vasco da Gama:
 * Portuguese Navigator, opened sea route to India to find new spices(ginger, cinnamon), increased profits dramatically
 * Ferdinand Magellan:
 * Portuguese, first to circumnavigate the world using 5 ships.
 * Hernan Cortes:
 * arrive and conquered Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec capital
 * thought to be the God by the Aztecs and was treated well
 * took the king Montezuma II hostage and asked for gold and jewels
 * destroyed Aztec empire and rebuilt on their ruins
 * continued to explore Mexico
 * Francisco Pizarro:
 * Spanish, explored Panama, conquered Incan Empire.
 * Christopher Columbus:
 * funded by Spain, tried to prove you could sail West to Asia from Europe, discovered the Americas
 * Bartholomew Dias:
 * rounded the Cape of Good Hope
 * Alfonso de Albuquerque:
 * set up favilities in Goa(headquarters for portuguese operations), raids against Arab ships, conquered Malacca
 * Vasco Nunez de Balboa:
 * reached Pacific Ocean on an expedition across Isthmus of Panama

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