Columbus
1492
America is named after me!
Amerigo Vespucci
the Renaissance or the Vikings discover America
the Vikings discover America (1000)
Renaissance (1400s)
All conquistadors explored for which country?
Spain
“King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella are going to be so proud of me! I have found a new route west to Asia, gold and new plants and animals. The Taino people welcomed me nicely. If only I had found some silk and spices!”
Columbus
Columbus sailed to get where?
Asia, the Indies, China
Magellan
printing press (1440-1450)
Columbus sets sail (1492)
Which religion did conquistadors want to spread?
Christianity (Catholicism)
“There has got to be a better way than this Silk Road! What if… we traveled by water! What we need is some better technology, maps and ships. I think I’ll found a school and get these things started!”
Prince Henry of Portugal
Columbus sailed in which direction to get to Asia?
west
I tried to find the Northwest Passage but my crew ended up in mutiny!
Henry Hudson
Marco Polo travels to China (1200s)
printing press (1440-1450)
Which type of wealth were most conquistadors interested in?
gold
“To the new land! We will find gold! We will claim new land for Spain! We will spread Christianity! Let’s go! For Spain!”
the conquistadors
the Caribbean
I was an Italian, but sailed for England, and followed Columbus' route west, ending up in Canada.
Vespucci travels to South America
or
Magellan sails through South America and continues around the world
Vespucci travels to South America (1499)
Magellan (1519)
Which modern-day lands (states & countries) did the conquistadors claim for Spain?
Mexico, Florida, southern US, western South America
“I sailed to check Columbus’ facts. I sailed south of where Columbus landed, but what I found did not match Marco Polo’s descriptions of Asia. I don’t think Columbus really sailed to China!”
“It’s so cool that the continent I found was named after me!”
Because of Columbus...
other European explorers travel west and discover more of America
I was the first to settle in the Americas and traveled west, discovering the Pacific Ocean.
Balboa
Henry Hudson searches for the Northwest Passage
or
the conquistadors claim new land for Spain
conquistadors (1500s)
Henry Hudson searches for the NW passage (1608-1610)
What name was given to these new lands claimed for Spain?
New Spain
“There has got to be a better way to Asia. Magellan’s route through South America is too long and dangerous. What if we went northwest and found… a Northwest Passage! (…later…) Well, I’ve found some cool bodies of water which I’ve now named for me, but no Northwest Passage. And my crew is pretty angry that we’ve been stuck and frozen here all winter.”
Henry Hudson