Dates Flashcards
1488
portugese captain bartolemeu dias went along the coast of africa until he found the tip and explored southeast coast
1419
Prince Henry founded a navagation school
1492
christopher columbus convinced spain to pay for a trip to travel to asia landed in carribean paved way for european colonization believed to have landed in bahamas, gave indians their nae claimed land for spain called SAN SALVADOR
1493 Alexander
1493:’ things in spain and portugal got intense and pope alexander iv stepped in to keep the peace Alexander suggested a divider between the two lands, an imaginaryline going north to south- called line of demarcaton- all lands west= spains all lands east= portugls
1493 Columbus
columbus sailed again w/ huge fleet and solidiers ad started to colonize dealt w/ resistance in st. croix (natives used poison arrows)
1494
1494:’ spain and portugal signed the treaty of tordesillas in which they agreeed to honor the imaginary line
1498
vasco de gama reached the calicut on southwesteren india, they were amazed by the spices and whatnot and they filled heir ships with them
1500
Pedro Alvarez( portugese) claimed Brazil for his country
1507
A German mapmaker named America for amerigo Vespucci
1510
the portugese captured goa, a port city on the indian west coast and made it the capital of their trading empire– Balboa was the first to see the indian ocean
1513
juan ponce de leon landed on the coast of florid and claimed it for spain
1519
ferdinand magelllan convinced the king of spiain to fund an exploration of the pacific ocean
1519-1521
magellan sailed around the south of south mamerica and saw no land for a whiole until he reached the phillipenes and he became nvolved in a war and ony 18 survived, but he was the first to circumnavigate
1532
francisco pizarro marched some people into south america and conquered the incan empire defeated atahualpa, their leader and marched on ther capital
1540-1542
franciscovasquez led an exploration of modernday arizona, etc found little gold, but made place for priests to settle