Portuguese Explorers
Prince Henry“The Navigator”
Sponsor- Portugal
Motivation For Exploration-Gold, God, Glory
Claims to Fame: Set up aschool of navigation andmapmaking
Born 1394
Died 1460
Bartolomeu Dias
Sponsor- Portugal
Motivation For Exploration-Gold, God, Glory
Claims to Fame: 1st European toto go around the Southern tip ofAfrica
Born 1451
Died 1500
Vasco da Gama
Sponsor- Portugal
Motivation For Exploration-Spices
Claims to Fame: charted a searoute to India
Born 1469
Died 1524
Pedro Cabral
Sponsor- Portugal
Motivation For Exploration-established trading posts andtreaties
Claims to Fame: claimedpresent day Brazil forPortugal
Born 1467
Died 1520
Between the Spanish and the Portugueseto clear up confusion on new land in theNew World (South America)
Gave Portugal 320 miles of land from theAtlantic Coast, and Spain everything elsewest.
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty of Tordesillas
We can see thatlittle explorationhad taken placeat the time thetreaty was signedbecause Spainreceived muchmore land.Portugal was onlygiven Brazil
Spanish Explorers andConquistadors (adventurers)
Why did the Spanish explore?
In the late 1400’s Spain was determined to make theircountry a powerful force in Europe.
One way to do this was to sponsor explorations andclaim new lands for Spain.
Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer who sailedfor Spain
Believed sailing west wouldbe the easiest route to theIndies. (or Asia)
Set sail for the “New World”on three ships called theNina, Pinta, and SantaMaria
Born 1451
Died 1506
Ferdinand Magellan
Believed he could sailwest to the Indies if hefound a strait, or channel,through South America.
Born 1480
Died 1521
Ponce de Leon
Explored Florida forSpain
Was in search of the“Fountain of Youth”
•Born 1460
•Died 1521
Hernan Cortes
Explored Mexico andconquered the Aztecs
Aztec king Montezumawelcomed Cortes but wastaken hostage
Used weapons and disease todestroy the Aztecs
Born 1485
Died 1547
Francisco Pizarro
Conquered the Inca Empire inSouth America
Pizarro launched a surpriseattack and kidnapped theemperor.
Pizarro killed the emperorafter his people paid a largeransom of gold and silver
Born 1475
Died 1541
What was the impact ofSpanish exploration?
Spain earned great wealth from settlements in the NewWorld.
The Spanish devastated native people. Priests forcedthem into Christianity.
Natives were forced into slavery, many died ofstarvation, overwork, or European disease.
Spanish introduced many new things to the Americas
What was the ColumbianExchange?
