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The Age Of Exploration: Europe - Online Term Paper

The Age Of Exploration: Europe

The age of exploration was filled with courageous voyagers and
conquistadores from all over Europe, much like today, there was much
competition for land rights. The main disputes were between Spain and
Portugal. And these are the representatives from not only these two
countries, but surrounding ones as well.

Christopher Columbus was a sea captain from Genoa. He first tried
to convince Portugal, then Spain to sponsor a voyage to Asia across the
Atlantic. Columbus thought that the voyage would take two months, others
said four months, but he left with enough food and supplies for only two
months. He landed in the West Indes (Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba) when the two
months of ...

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the Fountain of Youth. He never
did find the fountain, but he discovered the land that he named "Florida".
Vasci de Balboa was the first to push through the jungle of Central America,
On the other side he discovered a vast body of water that he named "South
Sea", because he thought that it was South of Asia. This Ocean was named
the "Pacific".

Magellan, of Portagual, founded the narrow straits at the Southern
tip of South America. It was later named the "Strait of Magellan". He was
later killed by Philippine Natives and four of his ships were destroyed.
Only one ship made it back to Spain, making it the first voyage around the
World in 1522.

Eventually, Columbus claimed Cuba and Hispanola, which is now more
commonly known as Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The Spanish Government never harmed the natives. In fact, they
supported them on the newly claimed America lands for labor purposes.
Eventually, the natives were tied to the land and lost ...

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Added: 10/29/2006 03:56:49 PM
Category: World History
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