1. Portuguese and Spanish Explorers & (Portugal) (Spain)

2. Portugal The Portuguese were the first to begin exploring because of the caravel. Key PersonArea ExploredMotivationImpact Prince Henry·Called "The Navigator" ·Did not actually sail. ·Wanted to encourage trade with Africa and the Indies ·Set up a school for navigation. (the practice of plotting a course at sea). Bartholomeu Dias ·Western coast of Africa ·Trying to reach Asia by water ·First to reach the southern tip of Africa Vasco da Gama·Indian Ocean and India ·Establishing water trade route to India ·Portugal became wealthy from trade with Asia

3. Prince Henry "the Navigator" who encouraged expeditions to explore the coast of Africa

4. Bartholomeu Dias sailing around the southern tip of Africa

5. Vasco da Gama successfully made the trip to India to open up trade

6. Spain 3 Motivations: Gold, Glory, & God

7. Key PeopleArea ExploredMotivationImpact Christopher Columbus (Italian) ·Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean ·Founded New Spain (Hispaniola) ·Wealth ·Personal Fame ·First European to report back land west of Europe. · Abused Native Americans and his crew Bartolomé de Las Casas ·Not an explorer ·A Catholic priest ·Wanted to help Native Americans ·Helped end the use of Native Americans as slaves (encomienda) Ponce de Leon·Florida·Looking for mythical "Fountain of Youth" ·Claimed Florida for Spain Hernando de Soto·Mississippi River·Gold and land·Claimed much of Eastern North America for Spain Francisco Coronado ·Southwestern USLooking for "7 Cities of Gold" ·Claimed much of western North America for Spain ·Discovered Grand Canyon

8. Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón)

9. Bartolomé de Las Casas seeking reforms for better treatment of Native Americans Las Casas wanted to end the encomienda system

10. Ponce de Leon in search of the "Fountain of Youth"

11. Expeditions of de Soto 1539- 1543 Hernando de Soto and his men explored much of the southeastern US and the Mississippi River

12. Francisco Coronado sought the mythical "7 cities of gold." He never found them but his men did find the Grand Canyon

14. Key Vocabulary Nationalism: pride in, or devotion to one's country Encomienda: the right given to a Spaniard to demand taxes or labor from Native Americans that he was to take care of and convert to Christianity Plantation: a large estate farmed by many workers