Explorers Flashcards
(29 cards)
What did Prince Henry do
Encourage overseas exploration in Portugal
Who gets to the coast of India
Vasco de Gama
Who thought he reached China
Christopher Columbus
Who takes control of spice trade and from who
The Portuguese take control from the Muslims
What three territories did Portugal claim
The straight Hormuz , the straight of malacca, the Philippines
What company does the Netherlands form
Dutch East India Company
Pedro Álvares
Claimed Brazil for Portugal
Amerigo Vespucci
Claimed the east coast of South America for Portugal
Balboa
Find panama in the Pacific for Portugal
Ferdinand Magellan
Sails around South America and goes to Guam
Hernando cartés
Claims Mexico for the Spanish
Gets tenochititlan and got a bunch of gold
conquered the Aztecs because of superior weapons, natives who didn’t like the Aztecs, smallpox, measles
Francisco Pizarro
Claim south America for Spain
Conquers the Inca by kidnapping the ruler and then capturing the capital
Define encomienda
The Spanish are landlords over native to Mina ranch like in the feudal system
Cabral
Claims Brazil for Portugal and turns it into sugar plantations
Ponce de Leon
Claims Florida for Spain
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Claims Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma area for Spain
Pedro de peralta
Claim Santa Fe for Spain
Who speaks out against encomienda system
Priests
What is the Treaty of Tordesilla
A treaty that stated where Portugal and where is Spain could colonize
Jacques Cartier
Claimed Canada in the St. Lawrence River for France
Giovanni da Verazzo
Claimed the New York Harbor for France
Samuel de Champlain
Claimed Quebec for the France and called it New France
De la Salle
Claimed the lower Mississippi river for France
Henry Hudson
Claim the Hudson Bay, Hudson river, Hudson straight for the Dutch
