Voyages of Columbus

Preparing for the Expedition

• Columbus studied the atlas of ancient Greek geography Ptolemy

• Read the travels of Marco Polo• On the basis of this info he was

obsessed to undertake a voyage to Asia by sailing west

Travels of Marco Polo

Preparing for the Expedition 2 Columbus couldn’t get financial aid from

Portugal, France and England Spent six years persuading the Spain

leaders Ferdinand and Isabella Got three ships The Nina, Pinta and Santa

Maria

Voyage Into the Unknown Left in August of 1492 90 Sailors in total Sailed south to the Canary Island for repairs

and free supplies then they went west by the coast of Japan

On October 9th there was the first sign of land

On October 12th the Pinta hit shore in the Bahamas and claimed it for Spain

Thought he had reached the East Indies off the coast of Asia

Marvels Of A New World April 1493 Columbus returned to Spain Got titles “Admiral of the Ocean Sea” and

“Viceroy and Governor of the Indies” Most people where fascinated about the

different race they had found but the focus was on gold and trade

Columbus made three more voyages across the Atlantic

Despite his achievements Columbus died in 1506 a broken frustrated dreamer, unaware that he had reached a new continent and the Western Hemisphere

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Magellan’s voyage Balboa’s expedition, revive hope of

sailing west to reach Asia Only a strip of land separated the

oceans at Panama and it was thought that a narrow waterway would connect the two bodies of water

Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan believed he could find a passage.

#HisPlan He wanted to sail around the world to

spice islands. Magellan approached King Charles I of

Spain with his plan.

Meeting Bartolemé de Las Casas described a

meeting. ‘’Magellan brought a well painted globe and

thereon traced the course he proposed to take, he wanted to follow the coast until he found the passage to the other ocean”

Difficult Passage Spanish king agreed to finance Magellan

In 1519 he set off with 5 ships October of 1520, he reached the strait

that bears his name at the southern tip of South America

Strait was very difficult to navigate, and the ocean on the other side was peaceful so he called it Pacific for Peaceful

Cont.d Magellan died in April of 1521 One of the ships involved in Magellan’s

travels returned with only 18 survivors, to Spain in 1522

These 18 people were the first to ever circumnavigate the world Circumnavigate: to sail all the way around

something

Amerigo Vespucci Italian explorer Navigator and Cartographer

Cartographer: someone who makes maps Was involved in an expedition from

Portugal that consisted of 1500 ships

Exploration Word got around of Columbus’ travels to

the new world Lead to a flurry of exploration

Particularly Spain and Portugal Explorers sought out to find a way around

the new land as they saw it as a barrier between Europe and Asia

Spain vs.Portugal The new land (America) put Spain and

Portugal in direct competition for trade When feuds between the countries

escalated the Pope stepped in Pope Alexander VI convinced both nations

to split trading interests between them

Line of Demarcation A line of demarcation was drawn on the

map through the middle of the Atlantic by the pope Line of Demarcation: North South line of

longitude through the Atlantic ocean dividing lands in the Americas claimed by Spain and Portugal

Spain got the land to the west and Portugal got the land to east

Treaty of Tordesillas In 1494 the issues were resolved between

the two nations, “for the sake of peace and concord”

This resolution was made into the Treaty of Tordesillas

Pope Alexander VI

Treaty of Tordesillas Part II

The treaty established a line of longitude called the line of demarcation and this line extended around the earth to secure Portuguese claims in Asia

Amerigo - America Vespucci comes into this in 1499 on a

Portuguese expedition He sailed with a fleet along the coast of

South America and claimed that it was a vast new land

He published these findings in 1504 and he received credit for discovering what is now America instead of Columbus

America was named by German mapmakers after Amerigo Vespucci

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