AGE OF EXPLORATION IN THE AMERICAS

Chelsea Schroeder

Photo: http://thelonggoodbye.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/old-globe-map-1596-pragmatic-progress-is-still-progress/

TYPICAL SHIP OF A EUROPEAN EXPLORERPhoto: http://karenswhimsy.com/european-explorers.shtm

LOOK BACK A LITTLE FURTHER… Expansion of sailing

1450: Prince Henry the Navigator

1453: Turkish Empire cut off land routes to asia

1488: Bartholomeu Dias sails around “Cape of Storms”

Photo: http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/bartholomew-alternate-spelling-bartolomeu-dias

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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IN 1492 COLUMBUS… Santa María, the Piñta, and the Niña New route to India Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Dominica,

Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

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JOHN CABOT Italian Navigator

First European encounter with mainland since the Vikings

1947: Newfoundland

Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot

SOUTH AMERICA

Photo: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATOR…

1498 Columbus discovers mainland

1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovers Brazil

1500: Rodrigo de Bastidas explores Colombian Coast

1502: Gonçalo Coelho discovers Rio De Janeiro

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THE FALL OF THE ANCIENTS Hernando Cortez

Spanish Conquistador

1519: Tenochtitlan

1521: Guatemoc surrenders

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THE FALL OF THE ANCIENTS II Francisco Pizzaro

Spanish Conquistador

1524 & 1526 Expeditions

1533: Third Expedition

Pizzaro Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro

NORTH AMERICA

Photo: http://www.geographicguide.com/america-maps/northamerica.htm

AMERIGO VESPUCCI 4 voyages between

1497-1504

Italian Explorer

Explored New World extensively

The Americas were later named after him

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BALBOA & PONCE DE LEON Spanish Explorer

First explorer to reach Pacific Ocean through New World

1513 Crossed Isthmus of Panama

Spanish Explorer

Lead expedition to Florida

Was in search of the Fountain of Youth

HERNANDO DE SOTO Spanish Explorer

First deep exploration of North America

First European to cross the Mississippi River

Extensive exploration of southeast United States

Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto

CARTIER French Explorer

3 Voyages 1534-1542

Claimed modern day Canada for the French

Explored St. Lawrence River and The Great Lakes

Photo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier

WORKS CITIED

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