FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Cabot
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de Leon
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Columbus
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Cortes
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Detailed explanation-1: -The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ferdinand Magellan – Portuguese explorer who wanted to find a western route to Asia. He proved that Vespucci was right. In 1519 he left Spain with 5 ships and 250 sailors. They sailed west and passed through a waterway at the tip of South America.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1519, the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew sailed around the bottom tip of South America, across the Pacific to the Philippines, where Magellan was killed in the Battle of Mactan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Columbus reasoned that since the world is round, he could sail west to reach “the east” (the lucrative lands of India and China).