European Escapades
Portugal appears to be lodged into the coastline of this other European nation.
Where is Spain?
Columbus sailed on his first voyage in this year.
When is 1492?
The terms Misi Sipi simply mean this.
What is big river?
Regardless of his effort to establish friendly relationships La Salle was greeted with great hostility from this tribe near the Texas coast.
Who are the Karankawa?
The English Crown had most of its New World voyages directed by this man.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
Hernando de Soto was a Spanish explorer in search of primarily gold, making him this particular kind of expeditioner.
Who are conquistadors?
La Salle named the land that he discovered surrounding the Mississippi after this king.
Who is King Louis XIV of France?
La Salle was so committed to the fostering a positive relationship with this native tribe that he learned to master their language.
Who are the Iroquois?
Spain began sending voyages to the New World seeking this.
What is gold?
La Salle possesses this full name.
Who is Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle?
La Salle used this river to gain access to the grand Mississippi River.
What is the Illinois River?
This leader of the Incans who successfully paid a ransom that amounted to an entire room's worth of gold.
Who is Atahualpa?
Columbus waited patiently in Spain to receive funding for his voyage, once the Crown finished this major task.
What is the war with the Moors?
Columbus hailed from this Italian city.
Where is Genoa?
Columbus landed on what we know today as Cuba, this island nation is what Columbus thought he landed on.
Where is Japan?
Hernando de Soto intimidated (or attempted to) the leader of this tribe native to the Andes mountains within Peru.
Who are the Incans?
The primary reason as to why the Silk Road was cut off from most of Western Europe.
What are the Crusades?
A grand motivator for many travelers to the New World, this practice regarding inheritance awards the entirety of a family's holdings onto the first-born.
What is primogeniture?
Missing his initial destination on this voyage La Salle landed in this Texas coastal area.
Where is Matagorda Bay?
The death of this Weroance essentially doomed the fortifications built by Ralph Lane at Roanoke Island.
Who is Wingina?