APExamReviewP3 - 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