Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer or conquistador who left Spain to colonize the New World in 1527. He got shipwrecked near what is now Tampa Bay, FL and got lost. They decided to make rafts and try to sail to Mexico City, but got pushed ashore in a hurricane near modern day Galveston, TX. He was then an Indian slave for four years. After that he finally escaped and walked to Mexico City.…
The name of my explorer is Giovanni Da Verrazano. Giovani Da Verrazano was born on 1485, later on he died on 1582, which made him approximately 43 years old. A particular accomplishment Verrazano is famous for is that he reserved the Atlantic Coast of North America in the middle of the Carolinas and Newfoundland, as well as the New York harbor. The country that sponsored Verrazano is France. The particular person who commissioned their voyage was King Francis I. Giovanni Da Verrazano made three voyages.…
Leif Erikson Leif Erikson was born in Iceland late in the 10th century, grew up in Greenland and he’s a famous explorer. He is the first European to land on the Americas. He led a crew of 35 men on a journey to America at around the year 1000. Historically important due to the fact that it was he who got to the Americas first, he discovered it. Bartolomeu Dias Bartolomeu Dias, a portuguese explorer who sailed around the southernmost tip of Africa in 1488 opening the way for a sea route from Europe to Asia which increased trade with India and other parts of Asia.. first European to do so.…
Introduction Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer of North America in the services of King Francis I of France. He was well known for the exploration and chartering the Atlantic Coast between the Carolinas and Newfoundland including the New York Harbor in 1524. Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in the south of Florence in Italy to Piero Andrea di Bernardo da Verrazzano and Fiametta Capell, Verrazzano’s exact date of birth is March 1st 1485 (unkown, 2012). He always referred to himself as a native of Florence and was called a Florentine by contemporaries. “While Verrazzano wrote lengthy and detailed reports about his voyages and explorations of the Americas, we know very little about the details of his personal life.”…
Juan later than became governor of the colony. In 1512 Juan discovered a land we know today as Florida. Although Juan did not colonize Florida he made an impact on his life. Two decades later a new explorer arrived which was known as De Soto. De Soto led his mens to what is now Georgia and the Carolinas.…
While Spain was building its New World empire, France was also exploring the Americas. In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano was authorized to locate a northwest passage around North America to India. In 1534 he was followed by Jacques Cartier, who explored the St. Lawrence River as far as present-day Montreal. In 1562 Jean Ribault led an expedition that explored the St. Johns River area in Florida. His efforts were followed two years later by a second attempt led by René de Laudonnière.…
The more famous, Christopher Columbus, came before de Vaca. Columbus sailed a series of four voyages between 1492 and 1504 in search for a route to Asia, which led accidentally to his discovery of new land inhabited with Indians. De Vaca, and crew of six hundred mean in search of Florida. De Vaca was one of only four survivors. When reading the letters of Columbus the reader witnesses a major change in demeanour.…
While he was still a teenager he got a job aboard a merchant ship. In 1476, Columbus took his first trip into the Atlantic and it nearly cost him his life. French privateers attacked the ship he was on off the cost of Portugal and he floated back to shore. From there Columbus traveled to Lisbon Portugal. Here he began to study navigation and cartography.…
De soto was a great person he did everything he could do , De soto was born on October 21,1496 in Extremadura , spain was his home country ,De soto embarks an expedition through Nicaragua and Honduras De soto was command to do things a small group of men command de soto do them . De soto gets married to a beautiful woman and the settles in Seville spain he gets an appointed of cuzco. De soto choose to lead a scouting mission in peru. De so gets appointed regidor and then leads an expedition up the yucatan , May 8,1541 de soto was the first person that was an European to cross the Mississippi River , de soto was on his way to arrive to georgia , he has embark an expedition to florida , he has choose to come back to central america. Late…
During the late sixteenth century, Spain had been fueled with fervor for colonial expansion. This reflected the European ideology of the time, which entailed the culturally myopic notion that Europe was the paragon of civilization, and that European nations had not only the right but also the obligation to civilize and westernize barbaric people from barbaric cultures, and to seize and imperialistically re-appropriate their foreign land. Jan Van Der Straet’s allegory “Discovery of America: Vespucci Landing in America” embodies the visualization of such European ideology and thereby attempts to lure early explorers and colonizers with enticing imagery, promising virgin land and bountiful natural wealth. In the illustration, Van Der Straet…
Christopher Columbus’s voyages had a deep impact on the world. Columbus’s travels opened up new trade possibilities and created a true world economy. He found lands and native populations that were previously unknown to the people of Eurasia which allowed the flora and fauna in each region to mix in new ways. Biological and ecological impacts resulting from his voyages were profound. These voyages allowed cultures and societies to mix in ways that they had not before and change the course of world history.…
In 1789, a man from the mountains of Brazil had an idea that would change his country’s history. In 1789, a man from the mountains of Brazil had an idea that would change his countries’ history. In 1789, a man from the mountains of Brazil had an idea that would change his countries history.…
Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno Sebastian Rodriguez Cermeno was a navigator and he was a talented explorer who was very talented. He was very kind and he was trustworthy he thought of himself a great. His birthdate was April 6 1560. He then died 1602. He was born in Sesimbra Portugal.…
The Spanish Monarchs order three ships and crew for Columbus to make his voyage. They were not the best ships in the world because the monarchs had little faith that Columbus would not find anything. On August 3, 1492 Columbus embarked on his historic journey. Not long after setting sail one of his ships rudder broke.…
Laurence Bergreen, Columbus: The Four Voyages (New York:Viking Penguin , 2011) 423 pp. Christopher Columbus, the man who “discovered” America is one of the most controversial people in world history. With his adventurous self and crew, they arrived on numerous amount of islands which determines Columbus as a brave and so-called heroic explorer. Laurence Bergreen, a historian and biographer wrote,“Columbus: The Four Voyages” which analyzed Columbus’s actions and decisions during his travels. Turns out Columbus isn’t as heroic, courageous and honorable as everyone thought.…