1. SPANISH EXPLORATION

2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Plan was sailing west to get East (India) Venetian (Italy) – He tried to sell his plan to anybody who would listen –Henry VII – England –John II – Portugal –Charles – France All declined

3. Eventually Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain agree to fund the voyage “14 hundred and 92 Columbus sailed the ocean blue”

4. Columbus miscalculates –Underestimates the size of the Atlantic –Overestimates the size of the land mass

5. Four Voyages –Caribbean –Central and South America

6. Columbus died thinking he had failed

7. 1493 – Line of Demarcation – Papal decree East = PortugalWest = Spain 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas – reaffirms the line

8. FERDINAND MAGELLAN He was Portuguese yet he sailed for Spain His crew circumnavigated the globe

9. 1519-1522 Magellan didn’t survive Success is determining the true size of the earth

10. CONQUISTADORES Name given to Spanish conquerers Two are very successful in bringing riches to Spain

11. 1. Hernando Cortez (1519) Mexico Aztecs Tenochtitlan Montezuma 3 years to wipe out this thriving civilization

12. 2. FRANCISCO PIZARRO (1532) Peru Incas Atahualpa

13. Results “Century of Gold” for Spain Great civilizations of the Americas are completely destroyed