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Concluded that the land Columbus called " The Indies" was actually part of a new world
Amerigo Vespucci
comes to Incan empire in 1531 to establish a colony for Spain
Francisco Pizarro
a native labor system that used indigenous people as free labor
Encomienda System
a lightweight ship with 2 or 3 masts + triangular sails
Caravel
the exchange of diseases, plants, animals from the old world to the new world
Columbian Exchange
discovered the Bahamas and Cuba / enslaved the indigenous Taino people
Christopher Columbus
comes to Aztec empire in 1519 + takes over empire for Spain
Hernan Cortez
incan labor system utilizing native americans for spanish labor
Mit'a System
Joint Stock companies
pantheistic Afro-Cuban religion from the beliefs/ customs of Yoruba people; incorporates parts of Catholisism
Santeria
was the 1st explorer to sail around the cape of good hope
Bartolomeu Dias
1st to circumnavigate the world
has a strait named after him
Ferdinand Magellan
divided the non-european world into two zones( Portugal= east side/ Spain= west side)
Line of Demarcation
systems of political and/ or economic control that employ naval trade routes as their main arteries of connectivity + communtication
Maritime empires
creolized religion forged by descendants of enslaved Africans in St domingue converted by catholic missionaries
Vodou
sailed from Portugal round the Cape of Good Hope to India
Vasco De Gama
another word for mapmaking
Cartography
Spain and Portugal signed this for Line of Demarcation
was better than the british one bc they used force to get what it wants
Dutch East India Company
abrahamic religion developed among black jamaicans in 1930s that teaches eventual redemption of black people an their return to africa
Rastafari
sponsored many explorers / offered training in map-making, navigation, and ship design
wanted direct access to African goods( gold, ivory, slaves)+ a quicker route to Asia and spread of christianity
Henry the Navigator
a spanish ship that transported cargo and usually had 3 or more decks and masts
Galleon
an arab- made device that could be used to navigate at sea based on measurements of stars to find latitude
Astrolabe
caused depopulation, loss of culture, etc
was the trade of african slaves from africa to the americas
Atlantic Slave Trade
a pass to sail in the region
Cartaz