AGE OF EXPLORATION IN THE AMERICAS

Chelsea Schroeder

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TYPICAL SHIP OF A EUROPEAN EXPLORER

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LOOK BACK A LITTLE FURTHER…

Expansion of sailing

1450: Prince Henry the Navigator

1453: Turkish Empire

1488: Bartholomeu Dias

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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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IN 1492 COLUMBUS… Santa María, the Piñta, and the Niña New route to India Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Dominica,

Guadeloupe, Puerto Rico and Jamaica.

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JOHN CABOT

Italian Navigator

First European encounter

1947: Newfoundland

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SOUTH AMERICA

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ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATOR…

1498 Columbus discovers mainland

1500: Vicente Yáñez Pinzón

1500: Rodrigo de Bastidas

1502: Gonçalo CoelhoPhoto: http://estrolabio.blogs.sapo.pt/tag/brasil

THE FALL OF THE ANCIENTS

Hernando Cortez

Spanish Conquistador

1519: Tenochtitlan

1521: Guatemoc surrenders

Francisco Pizzaro

Spanish Conquistador

1524 & 1526 Expeditions

1533: Third Expedition

Pizzaro Photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Pizarro Cortes Photo:http://musicmaven.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/cortez-the-killer/

-Amerigo Vespucci returns from his explorations of the New World. American continents named after him by German mapmaker.