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AGE OF EXPLORATION IN THE AMERICAS
Chelsea Schroeder
Photo: http://thelonggoodbye.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/old-globe-map-1596-pragmatic-progress-is-still-progress/
TYPICAL SHIP OF A EUROPEAN EXPLORERPhoto: http://karenswhimsy.com/european-explorers.shtm
LOOK BACK A LITTLE FURTHER… Expansion of sailing
1450: Prince Henry the Navigator
1453: Turkish Empire cut off land routes to asia
1488: Bartholomeu Dias sails around “Cape of Storms”
Photo: http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/bartholomew-alternate-spelling-bartolomeu-dias
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Photo: http://questgarden.com/71/32/7/081014090839/process.htm
IN 1492 COLUMBUS… Santa María, the Piñta, and the Niña New route to India Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Dominica,
Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.
Photo: http://oh-wheezers.blogspot.com/2010/10/manila-acapulco-galleon-trade.html#axzz2973bp59J
JOHN CABOT Italian Navigator
First European encounter with mainland since the Vikings
1947: Newfoundland
Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot
SOUTH AMERICA
Photo: http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATOR…
1498 Columbus discovers mainland
1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón discovers Brazil
1500: Rodrigo de Bastidas explores Colombian Coast
1502: Gonçalo Coelho discovers Rio De Janeiro
Photo: http://estrolabio.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/brasil
THE FALL OF THE ANCIENTS Hernando Cortez
Spanish Conquistador
1519: Tenochtitlan
1521: Guatemoc surrenders
Photo: http://musicmaven.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/cortez-the-killer/
THE FALL OF THE ANCIENTS II Francisco Pizzaro
Spanish Conquistador
1524 & 1526 Expeditions
1533: Third Expedition
Pizzaro Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro
NORTH AMERICA
Photo: http://www.geographicguide.com/america-maps/northamerica.htm
AMERIGO VESPUCCI 4 voyages between
1497-1504
Italian Explorer
Explored New World extensively
The Americas were later named after him
Photo: http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-amerigo-vespucci-image12576733
BALBOA & PONCE DE LEON Spanish Explorer
First explorer to reach Pacific Ocean through New World
1513 Crossed Isthmus of Panama
Spanish Explorer
Lead expedition to Florida
Was in search of the Fountain of Youth
HERNANDO DE SOTO Spanish Explorer
First deep exploration of North America
First European to cross the Mississippi River
Extensive exploration of southeast United States
Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto
CARTIER French Explorer
3 Voyages 1534-1542
Claimed modern day Canada for the French
Explored St. Lawrence River and The Great Lakes
Photo:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier
WORKS CITIED
PICTURES INFORMATION1.http://thelonggoodbye.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/old-globe-map-1596-pragmatic-progress-is-still-progress/2. http://karenswhimsy.com/european-explorers.shtm3. http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/bartholomew-alternate-spelling-bartolomeu-dias4.http://questgarden.com/71/32/7/081014090839/process.htm5. http://oh-wheezers.blogspot.com/2010/10/manila-acapulco-galleon-trade.html#axzz2973bp59J6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot7.http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm8. http://estrolabio.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/brasil9.http://musicmaven.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/cortez-the-killer10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro11. http://www.geographicguide.com/america-maps/northamerica.htm12.http://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-amerigo-vespucci-image1257673313.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hernando_de_Soto14.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cartier15. Microsoft PowerPoint Clip art
1.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_European_exploration2.http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/timeline.htm