BBC - History - The Story Of The Conquistadors The conquest of much of the new world by Spanish conquistadors during those francisco Xerez, pizarro s secretary, in his Report on the Discovery of Peru http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/discovery/exploration/conquistadors_01.shtml
Extractions: Print entire article Introduction 'Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas has been so extraordinary that the whole story remains quite incredible to anyone who has not experienced it at first hand. Indeed it seems to overshadow all the deeds of famous people of the past, no matter how heroic, and to silence all talk of other wonders of the world.' - Bartolome de las Casas It is amazing to think that when Bartolome de las Casas wrote those words in 1542, barely 20 years had passed since the discovery and conquest of the Aztec world in Mexico. It was only three years since the defeat of the Great Revolt of the Incas in the High Andes of Peru. At that moment, in fact, Manco Inca still controlled an independent Inca state in the jungles of Vilcabamba. During the same years in which Cortes overthrew the Aztecs, Magellan circumnavigated the globe.
European Voyages Of Exploration: Latin America new world peoples had no such contact and this resulted in devastating populationlosses Hernán Cortés and francisco pizarro both match this profile. http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Latin.html
Extractions: The European Voyages of Exploration The earliest inhabitants of America were hunters who migrated from the Asian mainland across the Bering Straits land bridge between 40,000 and 25,000 B.C.E. They adapted quickly to their environment. Their population in Central America and in the high valleys of the Andes alone had grown to approximately 45 million by 1492, the year Christopher Columbus arrived in America. In 1500, over 350 major tribal groups, 15 distinct cultural centres and more than 160 linguistic stocks existed in Latin America, a variety so great as to invite comparison with all of Eurasia or all of Africa. Map of New Spain 1540 The Europeans incorrectly categorised all these groups under the title of "Indian." "Indian" was of course a misnomer since it originated in a geographical misconception on the part of the Christopher Columbus who imagined himself near the East Indies. Having only one name applied to the diverse indigenous populations also presented a unity between these groups that did not actually exist. Even after contact with the European invaders, each group sought out the most advantageous situation for itself alone. This lack of unity was a key element to Spanish expansion as will be seen in the accounts of the conquests of the Aztec and Inca Empires. Any commonality among the diverse indigenous groups came from their shared state of relative isolation from the rest of humanity. In the Old World, people, disease strains and technologies had been continually passed back and forth over the entire great landmass of Europe-Asia-Africa for centuries. New World peoples had no such contact and this resulted in devastating population losses due to a lack of resistance to the incoming Old World diseases like smallpox. Another way in which these groups were similar is that none had iron and steel. The Europeans knew how to manufacture and use steel weapons and this knowledge gave them the ultimate military superiority critical to their conquest of the New World.
Age Of Exploration - The Spanish Empire In America The Age of exploration. exploration of the new world, the expansion of westernEurope. francisco pizarro pizarro and Atahualpa, Inca Ruler http://members.tripod.com/~mr_sedivy/explor2.html
Extractions: Columbus claimed land for Spain even though, if it was in the Indies, it belonged to the Great Khan of China. Christopher Columbus discovered America for Spain in 1492. Columbus thought that he could reach the Indies quicker if he sailed west. The islands that he first reached are still called the West Indies. Although Columbus returned to America three more times, he died believing that the land he had reached was Asia. Columbus made four voyages to the Americas. On his third voyage, he landed on the mainland of South America on the coast of Venezuela. The colony Columbus had founded on Hispanola on his second voyage rebelled. This revolt by the colonists put him in disgrace. He died without regaining his fortune or his prestige, but today his voyages are recognized as being among the most important events in history.
HeraldicAmerica: HUDSON, FROBISHER & EARLY EXPLORATION OF CANADA He found his fortune in the new world in 1502, when he sailed to Hispaniola. There he met francisco pizarro and joined his expedition to South America. http://pages.infinit.net/cerame/heraldicamerica/etudes/conquistadores.htm
Extractions: D uring the late medieval period, the Mediterranean Sea was dominated by several powers: Venice and Genoa in Italy, the Islamic powers of Turkey and Egypt and to a lesser degree by such powers as the Knights of Rhodes. Trade in materials, spices, foods, slaves, etc. was commonplace. Endemic too were piracy and warfare between theso-called Christian powers and those of Islam. On the Islamic side too we ought to note that overland caravans from the far East travelled regularly across central Asia into the Levant, bringing such rarities as silk and teas and spices, then sold to Venetians for export to Europe at profit. The maritime powers on the Atlantic were all too aware of the dominant position thatthe Italian middlemen played in selling such goods to Latin Christendom. In an attemptto find a new route to Asia and its material wealth, the sturdy Portuguese had for over half a century sailed down the west coast of Africa, discovering in the process gold, pepper, ivory and other natural resources as well as a staggering array of different peoples, animals and plants. Thanks to Bartholomeu Diaz and Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese finally rounded the treacherous waters of the Cape of Good Hope and sailed into the Indian Ocean, ultimately reaching India, China and Japan. Since the Portuguese colonized, fortified, mapped and organized their profitable trade routes in that direction, the Spanish and other Atlantic Ocean European powers had little choice but to look westward. Already by 1500, some Portuguese had landed in what we now call Brazil for stopovers on their long African voyages.
Exploration francisco pizarro (By Ashley Reed) pizarro was born in 1475 in Trujillo, Hernando DeSoto was a Spanish adventurer and explorer in the new world. http://www.harlingen.isd.tenet.edu/coakhist/explor.html
Study Guide - Exploration And Early Settlements francisco Vásquez de Coronado. francisco pizarro. Christopher Columbus. Juan Poncede Leon Identify where in the new world the early explorers traveled http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/studyexpl.html
Extractions: Study Guide - Exploration and Early Settlements You should be able to identify the following explorers by knowing what country they sailed for and where they explored. You don't need to know the exact date they sailed, but you should know who were the earlier explorers and who came later. Vasco Nùnez de Balboa Hernando De Soto John Cabot Henry Hudson Jacques Cartier Ferdinand Magellan Francisco Vásquez de Coronado Francisco Pizarro Christopher Columbus Juan Ponce de Leon Hernando Cortés Giovanni da Verrazano Amerigo Vespucci You should be able to identify the following people, places and things The Northwest Passage Jamestown Queen Elizabeth Virginia Company Sir Humphrey Gilbert and The Gilbert Patent John Smith Sir Walter Raleigh John Rolfe Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe Plymouth Settlement John White House of Burgesses* Sir Richard Grenville Reformation* Wanchese and Manteo Martin Luther* Ralph Lane Anglican Church* Sir Francis Drake Calvinism* Thomas Harriot William Bradford* The Spanish Armada Mayflower Compact* * Not in books and will be explained during class discussions You should be able to answer questions on any of the following topics: Jared Diamond's theory of why wealth and power is distributed unequally throughout the world.
Learning Through History Magazine - European Exploration Find out how it motivated one conquistador, francisco pizarro, and the consequencesthat legend would A new world EXPLORER S FEAST by Tia Leschke http://www.learningthroughhistory.com/issue22005.php
Extractions: For a limited time, new subscribers to Learning Through History magazine will receive two fr ee e-books in PDF format, A Tale of Ancient Egypt by Herodotus and Japanese Fairy Tales March/April 2005 Subscribe Today! Purchase This issue! European Exploration Mid 1400's to late 1500's Features Page HOW CHILDREN LIVE IN ... THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Mrnussbaum.com - The Age Of Exploration The first permanent European settlement in the new world was later established at francisco pizarro did the same to the Incan Empire in South America. http://www.mrnussbaum.com/age.htm
Extractions: THE AGE OF EXPLORATION: A BRIEF HISTORY Back to Explorers Home Page Although Spain still controlled much of the New World after defeat, England and France were able to accelerate their colonization. England soon established successful colonies throughout the eastern portions of the United States, and France had colonies in Canada and the middle portions of the United States. By the mid 1700's, new territorial disputes between England and France eventually resulted in England gaining control over much of North America after the French and Indian War. English colonies flourished in North America until 1776 when the colonists declared their independence. The Revolutionary War ensued and resulted in independence for the colonists. The United States of America was formed.
Historical Text Archive Articles Civilization In The Western When francisco pizarro captured the Inca emperor, the ability of the Incas toresist was During the era of discovery and exploration of the new world, http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=697
Extractions: The resurgence of trade following the Middle Ages in Europe resulted in a demand for goods from Asia. Trade routes were established across the Mediterranean and through the Middle East to handle this need. But, when the expansion of the Ottoman Empire caused disruption along these routes, Europeans were forced to seek alternative ways of importing these goods. This led to the exploration of water routes to Asia, and eventually the discovery of the Americas by the Europeans. Reconquista
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Extractions: Byrd,_Richard ... profile - Leads visitors on a journey through the past centuries looking at the explorers, the dangers they faced, where they went, and their motivations for exploration. In English and Dutch. You Wouldn't Want to be a Polar Explorer profile - Interactive site describing Shackleton's Endurance Expedition. Vitus Jonassen Bering profile - Contributed to the discovery of Alaska by mapping the Coastline in two large Expeditions, together with scientist Georg Wilhelm Steller who recorded the journey. Discoverers Web: Alphabetical List profile - Links to information on the lives of dozens of explorers. Famous Hispanics: Vasco Nº±ez de Balboa profile - Short biography of the first European to see the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Epic Voyages profile - Offers a look at historic voyages and the lives of key explorers who helped uncover the world. Requires Flash. Sheldrake the Beneficent profile - A summary of the life and achievements of this explorer who discovered much of the Great Lakes region. Explorers of the Millennium profile - Fourth and fifth grade students offer short biographies of great explorers.
EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY BEGINNINGS OF THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE and the leader was francisco pizarro, a disagreeable character of humble Among the first Spaniards to arrive in the new world were missionaries. http://www.ku.edu/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/10.html
Extractions: EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY BEGINNINGS OF THE EXPANSION OF EUROPE I t was the opinion of Lord Acton, a great English historian, that the discovery of the New World was the greatest landmark in the transition from the Middle Ages to modern times. Certainly the movement of western Europeans beyond the narrow limits of their homelands out to both the East and the West, a movement that began in the fifteenth century, had momentous consequences. In time it led to the penetration of European influence, and in some cases European domination to every continent on the globe. "Europe has held sway on all the continents in succession....Europe has produced a civilisation which is being imitated by the whole world, whilst the converse has never happened."8 But the influence did not all move in one direction, and European life and thought were significantly affected by the outside world. Why was it that the Europeans imposed their presence on the rest of the world to such an amazing degree? This is one of those historical questions whose fascination is in proportion to our inability to answer any of them, for no definitive answer is possible. The peoples who led the way were neither rich nor numerous, not only by our standards but also by comparison with China, the most powerful, wealthy, and civilized state in the world at the time the great expansion began. The Chinese Empire was a trading empire, regularly sending ships on distant commercial expeditions involving thousands of tons of shipping and thousands of men. The Moslems were, and had long been, engaged in active trade throughout the East. European trade and navigation had, by comparison, been relatively restricted during the Middle Ages.
Exploration.html Cortez proclaimed the Aztec Empire new Spain. francisco pizarro, inspired The Papacy turned over much of control of the church in the new world directly http://www.loyno.edu/~seduffy/exploration.html
Extractions: Portugal led Western Europe in exploration due to several factors. As a longtime naval and trading power in the Mediterranean area, they were already oriented toward the east, and had extensive contact with Islamic cultures. From these Islamic cultures, they had learned better ship design, cartography, sailing and navigation and math skills. The Portuguese had been relatively unhurt by the plague, due to their physical isolation during the 14 th century from the rest of Europe, and they were one of the stronger European powers early on. The strong national identity, strengthened by the significant physical borders protecting the country, led to a national pooling of resources. The Portuguese explored the African coast in the period 1415-1600. They were looking mainly for gold, salt and pepper, but about 175,000 slaves were taken as well. After 1600, when the English and Dutch also got involved in the African trade, this number would increase dramatically. PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR : (1394-1460) a Portuguese ruler, he was looking looking for new routes to trade with Asia. Prince Henry, who had a fervent interest in maritime arts, concentrated the wealth of his government on improving cartography and ship design.
Francisco Pizarro in the Spanish conquest of the new world in the 16th cent. francisco francisco pizarro Explorerer Of South America)(La Salle Explorer Of The http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0839247.html
Francisco Pizarro The main reason pizarro was sent to explore was for conquest. Spain already hadlots of land in the new world but they wanted more. http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/explorer_reports/wbender.htm
Extractions: Francisco Pizarro Biographical Facts: Pizarro was born in Trujillo, Spain in 1478. Nobody knows the exact date. His parents never married and he was brought up by his mother's parents. His father was the Royal Infantry Captain of Spain, so he was an important guy. His mother was just a regular person. During his childhood he never went to school and thus never learned to read. So he couldn't do a chore or small job that needed education. He herded pigs. After about 15 years of pig herding in 1502 he moved to the West Indies or what is now Haiti. There he lived with his father's brother. And it is said that maybe his father's brother helped Pizarro on his expeditions. Major Achievements: Pizarro's first expedition was in 1509 and he was the first mate. The captain was Balboa, another famous explorer. The expeditions purpose was to explore the land that is now Panama. The crew founded Panama City and Pizarro was an important townsperson there. Then in 1527 he made his first expedition on his own to find a rumored civilization called the Incas. Pizarro's first mate was a good friend, his name was Diego de Almagro. They sailed down the coast of western South America. There they went inland a little ways and found evidence of the Incas and gold. Then he returned to Panama with the news. The whole expedition took one year. Then when he was back in Panama he made plans to sail back to Spain and tell the King and Queen the news and get more men and provisions for crops and other foods that were not abundant in Panama. With this news, the King appointed him the governor of Peru, the name of this land that he had found. Then he sailed back to Panama, where he made plans for a long expedition and war on the Incas that would make him the ruler of Peru.
Francisco Pizarro Spanish explorer and conqueror francisco pizarro defeated the Inca Empire andclaimed Upon arriving in the new world, pizarro served as a member of the http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/pizarro.html
Extractions: Spanish Conqueror Spanish explorer and conqueror Francisco Pizarro defeated the Inca Empire and claimed most of South America for Spain. Pizarro also established the city of Lima, Peru, and opened the way for Spanish culture and religion to dominate South America. In doing so, Pizarro conquered the largest amount of territory of any military leader and delivered the most riches to his country with the smallest expenditure of men and resources. Pizarro was born the illegitimate son of a professional Spanish soldier. According to some accounts, he worked as a swine farmer before joining the military while in his early teens. There is no evidence that he received formal academic or military schooling, most likely remaining illiterate, or that he had much experience as a soldier before sailing for Hispaniola in 1502. Upon arriving in the New World, Pizarro served as a member of the governor's military detachment on the island and in 1513 participated in the Vasco Nunez de Balboa expedition to Panama that discovered the Pacific Ocean. Pizarro remained in Panama as a colonizer and from 1519 to 1523 served as the mayor and magistrate of Panama City. He accumulated a small fortune during this period, but reports of the vast riches captured by Hernando Cortes in Mexico encouraged Pizarro to seek further wealth. In 1524-25 and again in 1526-28, Pizarro sailed south along the Pacific coast of Colombia following rumor of a huge Indian civilization that possessed incalculable riches.
Hernando Cortes Colonists sailed from Spain for the new world, and Cortes provided them land those of Cortes are those of francisco pizarro against the Incas in Peru. http://www.carpenoctem.tv/military/cortes.html
Extractions: Spanish Conqueror With a force of fewer than six hundred men supported by twenty horses and ten small cannons, Hernando Cortes invaded and conquered an Aztec empire populated by more than 5 million people. Never before had such a small force conquered such a large region with such massive wealth. Following his birth in 1485 into a Medellin family of minor nobility in southwestern Spain, Cortes briefly studied law before sailing from his homeland to the New World at the age of nineteen to seek his fortune. After several years as a gentleman farmer on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in 1511, Cortes joined the military expedition of Diego de Velazquez that captured Cuba. After the victory, Cortes became the mayor of Santiago and married the sister-in-law of Velazquez. Along his route to the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, Cortes fought and defeated several other native tribes, including the Tlaxcalans. In each case, Cortes formed alliances with his former foes, enlisting their support against their longtime Aztec enemies. As Cortes neared Tenochtitlan, he also exploited the Aztec myth of a light skinned, bearded god-king named Quetzalcoatl, who, according to legend, had taught them about agriculture and government and whose return they were to welcome with great ceremony. Montezuma, the Aztec leader, made an attempt to stop Cortes, but his defenses lacked unity and tenacity both because of the Quetzalcoatl legend, which dictated that his people welcome the return of the "white god," and the fear generated by Spanish horses and firearms, which the Aztecs had never seen before. As a result of their quandary, the Aztecs offered little resistance, and Cortes quickly defeated their army. On November 18, 1519, Cortes entered the Aztec capital and imprisoned Montezuma.
Francisco Pizarro: Definition And Much More From Answers.com the new world in 1509 and took part in various Spanish missions of explorationand History information about francisco pizarro The new Dictionary of http://www.answers.com/topic/francisco-pizarro
Spanish America: Definition And Much More From Answers.com Spanish America The former Spanish possessions in the new world, including mostof South Peru Conquered from the Incas in 1531 by francisco pizarro. http://www.answers.com/topic/spanish-colonization-of-the-americas
Extractions: Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in . He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and made several more journeys across the Atlantic Ocean . He profited from the labour of native slaves , whom he forced to mine gold ; he also attempted to sell some slaves to Spain . While generally regarded as an excellent navigator, he was a poor administrator and was stripped of the governorship in
Extractions: of the Americas History of the Americas British colonization ... Scottish colonization Spanish colonization Swedish colonization Viking colonization Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in . He had been searching for a new route to the Asian Indies and was convinced he had found it. Columbus was made governor of the new territories and made several more journeys across the Atlantic Ocean . He profited from the labour of native slaves , whom he forced to mine gold ; he also attempted to sell some slaves to Spain . While generally regarded as an excellent navigator, he was a poor administrator and was stripped of the governorship in edit Word of Colombus' discovery caused trouble between Spain and Portugal , each of whom had been given Papal permission to colonize the region. The Treaty of Tordesillas , signed in , was an attempt to resolve this conflict. It split the mostly unknown New World into two
