Coming of the Europeans Flashcards
Where and when was Christopher Columbus born?
Genoa, Italy in about 1451
Columbus’s birth name was?
Cristoforo Columbo
Columbus was the son of a _________
weaver
From 1477, whenever Columbus wasn’t at sea he lived where?
Lisbon
What influenced columbus to believe that it was possible to reach the east( indies )by sailing to the west?
ptolemy’s geography and the views of Paolo Toscanelli
What was the nationality of Paolo Toscanelli?
Italian
What was the name that the Europeans used to call China?
Cathay
Paolo Toscanelli estimated that the distance from Europe to Cathay was no more than _________?
5000 nautical miles
Define patronage
the support given by an organization to someone (a patron)
What was the name of Columbus’s younger brother?
Bartholomew
Who was Queen Isabella’s husband?
King Ferdinand of Aragon
Queen Isabella agreed to columbus’s first project in?
`1492
What was the agreement that was made between Columbus and Queen Isabella?
all the lands that were discovered would be the exclusive property of the House of castile and should be settled by only castillians. In return Isabella would give Columbus three caravels, the title of “Viceroy” of all the lands he discovered with control over their trade and shipping and a tenth share of their wealth.
In what year was Columbus’s first voyage?
1492
What were the names of Columbus’s three ships and how much did they weigh?
Nina (50 tons), Pinta (54 tons), Santa Maria (90 tons)
Which of Columbus’s three ships was his flagship?
Santa Maria
Columbus chose two brothers as his other captains on his first voyage, what were their names?
Martin Pinzón & Vicente Pinzón
How many men made up Columbus’s ship crew on his first voyage?
94 men
Columbus sailed from Palos in south-west Spain on?
August 3, 1492
Columbus made first for the Canary Islands the ____________ off the north-west coast of Africa which after it had been discovered in the __________ century, had been awarded to _______ by the Pope.
archipelago, fourteenth, Spain
On ___________ Columbus’s crew saw ________ which indicated land and the next day Columbus sighted an island in the Bahamas to which he gave the name ____________.
October 11, birds, San Salvador.