COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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America
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Asia
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Treaty of Tordesillas
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Reformation
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Ferdinand Magellan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Contents. In search of fame and fortune, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480-1521) set out from Spain in 1519 with a fleet of five ships to discover a western sea route to the Spice Islands.
Detailed explanation-2: -He wanted to reach South-East Asia, where spices grew and gems were to be found, by sailing westwards across the Atlantic Ocean. He hoped to find a passage through South America so that he could sail all the way from the Atlantic to the ocean beyond the Americas (now known as the Pacific).
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus knew that the world was round and realised that by sailing west-instead of east around the coast of Africa, as other explorers at the time were doing-he would still reach his destination.
Detailed explanation-4: -1519–?: Leaving Spain with five ships and 270 men in 1519, the Portuguese Ferdinand Magellan is the first to reach Asia from the East.