1. Big Ten Explorers

2. Columbus Sailed west to Indies Landed on the Bahamas
Sailed for Spain (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

3. Magellan Searched for passage to Pacific Ocean
Sailed through “straits of Magellan”
Died in Philippines
Crew lst to circumnavigate the world

4. Magellan’s route

5. Cabot Sailed for England Landed on coast of New-foundland
Gave England claim to North America

6. Ponce de Leon 1st to land on the mainland of North America
Looking for “fountain of youth”
Established St. Augustine, Florida

7. De Soto Sailed for Spain
Explored Mississippi River – Present-day Oklahoma

8. Coronado Looking for fabled seven cities of gold
Explored present-day Arizona and New Mexico

9. Hernan Cortes
Spanish Conquistador
Conquered Aztec emperor Montezuma

10. Montezuma’s Revenge!!!
The colloquial term for any cases of traveler's diarrhea contracted by tourists visiting Mexico.
It is caused by an intestinal bacteria
It may be accompanied by abdominal cramps, nausea, fever, and bloating

11. Balboa Spanish Explorer
Claimed Pacific Ocean and adjoining lands for Spain

12. Pizaro
Conquered the Inca Empire

13. Pizaro and Atahualpa
The Incan ransom was worth approximately $72 Billion in today’s market prices
Pizaro held the Incan ruler in the “ransom room” in cajamarca, Peru and demanded it be filled with gold and sliver

14. After receiving the ransom, Pizarro ordered the execution of Atahualpa by fire anyway

15. America was named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Explorer and Mapmaker
America was named after him
Vespucci’s Map

16. Columbian Exchange
Products grown in the Americas and then shipped to either Europe or Africa.
Products shipped to Europe were for exchanged for money, or tradable goods
Products shipped to Africa were exchanged for slaves
Slavery does not become a major factor in the Americas in the early exploration years.
After colonization and settlements form in the New World and industrialization takes hold of Europe, Slaves are greater in demand and the Slave Trade booms

17. Goods in the Columbian Exchange

18. Chocolate

19. Sugarcane…One of the worlds biggest cash crops

20. Sugarcane fields grow where the climate is tropical or subtropical

21. Sugarcane predates many other cash crops
During the Age of Exploration many island cultures were exploited, and their native lands used to cultivate sugarcane production
Traditional Method of Sugarcane Production

22. A large driving factor of sugarcane production stems from the creation of Rum through sugar fermentation

23. Weapons of Mass Destruction from Europe -
Cortez and other explorers of the Americas purposely
traded blankets infected with smallpox to natives

24. Other diseases introduced include
Measles
Influenza