Ferdinand Magellan: Portuguese explorer who was the first person to sail across the Pacific Ocean and to circumnavigate the globe. Sailing under a Spanish commission, he attempted to reach the Spice Islands. After crossing the Pacific, Magellan was killed battling natives in the Philippines but two of his ships returned to Spain.…
Pedro Álvares Cabral lived from c. 1467-1520. During his lifetime he made an expedition to India, but ended up discovering a new land in the process. He was born in Belmonte, Portugal, and was the son of respected nobles, in turn receiving many privileges from King Manuel I of Portugal, such as being made one of his counselors. This is how he got involved in exploration- King Manuel chose him to lead an expedition to the coast of southern India. The king made him the captain of a fleet of 13 ships and 1,200 men- they would take Vasco da Gama's route to India in order to establish trading posts there. Hoping to strengthen trade between Portugal and India, Cabral and his crew set sail from the port of Libson on March 9th, 1500.…
Juan Rodriguez cabrillo is a very interesting explorer as he would become a soldier and explorer, servicing Spain. Although some people still believe he was of Portuguese descent he would still serve Spain. In my report I will include his early life, his accomplishments and how he impacted Canada.…
Francisco Coronado was born in 1510 in Spain to a wealthy family. Rumors started to go around the world that above Mexico there were riches, and Francisco Coronado was interested. Coronado went to New Spain with Antonio de Mendoza. In 1537, Coronado married a wealthy daughter of the colonial treasurer. They had eight children. In 1538 Coronado was made governor of Nueva Galicia. Coronado went on a…
They were Portuguese explores during the Age of Exploration. Prince Henry sponsaved expeditions and Vasco found trade route to India…
Imagine it’s 1527, you’re in the wilderness with hostile indian tribes all around you with no supplies or materials. This is exactly what Cabeza de Vaca went through. The exploration started with 400 members and went down to 4. Cabeza de Vaca was one of the men within these 4.…
Hernando Cortez is an explorer who had made some very good progress in exploring. First of all he is a very good man with the right ideas who was trying to conquer the “new world” (America) in the name of spain. He joined many ships and became very important to Hispaniola. Hernando Cortez was born in 1485 in Spain and helped advance spain's position in the 1500. Then he died in 1547.…
Ferdinand Magellan (1519-22): sailed from Spain to the tip of South America—1st circumnavigation of the globe—but was killed along the way.…
“Why were the 1400s referred to in the text book as the Century of Portuguese exploration?”…
Cristopher Columbus was probably one of the greatest explorers of all time. His accomplishments are extra ordinary. Everyone knows that he came to find The New World, but theres much much more that he's done than that.…
Columbus Italy and had a passion for navigation and exploration since he was young and looked forward to traveling to China and India. And has repeatedly asked the Portuguese and Spanish kings and the British and French to help him…
Christopher Columbus, an explorer from Spain who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and gained fame after “discovering” a land now known as America. Although Christopher Columbus was not the nicest man on earth he did open a lot of doors for his people. So the question is Christopher Columbus, hero or villain. Christopher Columbus to me was always an over praised man. To start off, he thought he was in Asia when he entered America.…
From the late 1400’s to the sixteenth century, European kings and queens were overwhelmed by, what is now known as, the Age of Discovery. With all the extensive overseas exploration by European nations trying to colonize on foreign land and globalize, many explorers took their chance to propose an idea for voyage. Arguably one of the greatest sails man and captain in history, Christopher Columbus first proposed his idea to sail west into the Atlantic Ocean to Portuguese royalty, where it was rejected. With his vision and persistence, he then approached Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to propose his ideas and plans, where it was accepted in 1492, and the world was never to be the same again. It was because of Columbus that the New…
The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case, the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez, both of which are from Spain, and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas, it is important to understand why they even traveled their to begin with. Although some think they traveled out of curiosity, the Spanish explorers were motivated to leave home and conquer the Americas because of riches and possessions, obtaining new land for Spain, and to spread the religion of Christianity.…
In the movie The Last Conquistador, there is a controversy going on between John Houser, a sculpture who successfully attempted to create and mount the tallest bronze equestrian statue in the world, and people who funded the building of the statue and Native Americans living in Texas. The Native Americans don’t want the statue of a long-forgotten Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, branded a terrorist and a genocidal architect by some, to be built. The Native Americans think that Juan de Oñate is anything to celebrate. He killed thousands of the Native Americans’ ancestors and took their lands. While the Native Americans have their points, Houser and his helpers are trying to help out the city of El Paso, Texas. El Paso Texas is one of the poorest cities in the United States. With Houser Building this statue, Revenue from tourists would help the city out. I honestly think that in this situation, everyone needs to understand where everyone else is coming from. The statue was not meant to be demeaning to the Native Americans in anyway and it is a beautiful piece of art that is very well sculpted. But then again, Houser should have done his research and understood how bad of a man Oñate was and realized that putting that statue up where eighty percent of the people living there are of Native American decent wasn’t a good idea. Even though the Oñate statue is beautiful, I believe it should have never gone up in the first place.…
