Columbus was not the only great Explorer of the 1400’s. Amerigo Vespucci was a great explorer and discovered St. Saint Augustine and that Amazon River. 1479 Amerigo was given permission for a voyage to explore by King Ferdinand of Spain. The second voyage was for Cape Verde and to explore the Guiana and Brazil. Amerigo Vespucci was looking for a route to India. Amerigo was looking for a new trade route to use. Amerigo just like Columbus set sail, but Amerigo landed in the Amazon in South
south-western parts of the United States. The goal of this expedition was to reach the mythical “Seven Cities of Gold”. However, the wealth of these cities (known today as the Zuni-Cibola Complex) was far below the expectations of the Spaniards, so the discovery of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River remained the most important achievements of the expedition. The rumors of “Seven Cities of Gold” were mainly caused by the tales told by the survivors of the failed expedition of José María Narváez who traveled
not come all by himself to the New World . Etienne Brule was a French explorer and an interpreter of the Huron language that was born around 1595 in Champigny-sur-Marne near Paris . Brule did not leave any trace about his early life or about his discoveries because he wasn't famous at that moment . But , Brule was mentioned and introduced in the journals written by Champlain in 1618 . He was also known through the french people that went to North America such as Sagard and Brébeuf . However , Etienne
In 1498 Vasco Da Gama’s fleet arrived in the port city of Calicut in India. Da Gama had achieved a great feat: finding the first completely naval route from Europe to India and within a short amount of time the spice trade had already begun. This marked the beginning of the ‘Vasco Da Gama Epoch’, an era of Trade and prosperity between the West and the East. At first glance this may seem like a significant moment in History, marking the beginning of European imperialism and creating a connection of
The article is 1492: Europe in America and America in Europe: Or, Traveling Metaphors in the Discovery of America by Boris Vejdovsky. This was a very interesting article concerning Columbus and the beginning of our great country. Vejdovsky dives into the reasoning behind Columbus’s exploration of the New World and really tackles the deeper meaning behind why Columbus choose to do what he did. The main argument of this article was whether Columbus choose to adventure and explore out of selfish wants
to part-time employment contracts and informal collaborations that connect biotechnology firms and universities, there are also formal inter-organizational contractual linkages such as technology licensing deals, in which rights to use distinct discoveries are acchieved by firms, and sponsored research agreements, in which firms provide the fund for university research (Stuart et al.,
Vasco Da Gama was born in Sines, Portugal around 1460. Da Gama’s father was also an explorer and was originally given the command of the exploration but it was delayed for many years and they gave Vasco Da Gama the task instead. Da Gama started exploring early in life and he became a famous Portuguese explorer. Vasco Da Gama was the first person to sail from Lisbon, Europe to Calicut, India. Vasco Da Gama made 3 trips to India in his life. Da Gama joined the Portugal navy and that is where he learned
Ferdinand Magellan was a Portuguese explorer who was born in the late 1400s. He had many accomplishments throughout his lifetime, including finding the Strait of Magellan, discovering and naming the Pacific Ocean, becoming the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean, and leading the first expedition in circumnavigating the world. Magellan set out to locate a Western sea route to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. But he proved that the world was rounder and bigger than anyone had ever thought of.
intentions of Christopher Columbus. Columbus never realized he would find a “New World.” Spanish colonialism forever altered the New World. In the process of their exploration they began destroying the societies and dynasties of the New World. With the discovery of the Americas came land, wealth, and the opportunity to Christianize “savage” people. Spaniards had gunpowder and steel, something the indigenous Tanios and Aztecs had never seen before. Along with advance warfare, the Spaniards brought devastating
During the Post Classical Era, Western Europe changed significantly due to all of the economical, political, and technological advances that occurred. This was occurring during the 15th and 16th centuries CE, and the Europeans began to master ocean travel and migrate into newly found lands. For the first half of the 15th century CE, most of Eurasia was being dominated by the Mongols, who had very secure protection along many parts of the Silk Road. Doing so, many merchant travelers made their way