Ferdinand Magellan

sent Marco Polo on trips to help manage his kingdom. The spirit of maritime enterprise and adventure, along with the interest in geographical discovery, which was well known in the 15th century, inspired the voyages of Columbus, Vasco da Gama, and Magellan. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer known for discovering new land on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, America. But what many people don’t know is that he didn’t actually discover it first. Christopher Columbus thought that the…

The Early Modern Period (1450- 1750 C.E.) brought upon the global stage many things. Increased international trade, expeditions, and colonization defined this section of history. New developments were occurring in many places, influencing future order and economic promise, even today. To start, European power grew immensely at this time. Western Europe continued to flourish, producing a series of explorers that would greatly affect both people’s scope of the world and set a new precedent for…

The War of Three Empires What country had the most profound impact on the Americas. The Spanish were the first to arrive which aided them greatly. One of their counterparts, the French were late to the land claiming, which was ultimately their demise in having an impact. Lastly, the English who followed shortly after the Spanish left their mark in North America when colonizing what is today part of the United States. Out of the three Countries I believe the Spanish had the greatest impact…

Is the world a better place because of the exploration of the New World? That is a question asked by many experts and people. The answer is yes. The world is a better place because of the exploration of John Cabot, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Amerigo Vespucci, Leif Erickson , Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, Robert de la Salle, Christopher Columbus Francisco Coronado and more. Without the exploration of these great explorers the…

Since the dawn of man kind humans have had the urge to learn, discover and explore. People have been exploring ever since the age of the dinosaur. In the earliest ages of man kind, it was a necessity for survival. Though as time passed and humans evolved it became less of a necessity and people started exploring more out of curiosity. In the past there were multiple believes on the shape of the Earth. One of the most oldest and most believed theories was that Earth was flat. It was such…

explorers, Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama, traveled around the Cape of Good Hope to create new trade routes. Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer, was able to get a trip funded by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. He attempted to travel to India, but reached Hispaniola. After Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan became the first person to ever successfully circumnavigate the globe. Although the Europeans spent a lot of time exploring, they also settled in new areas. Several explorers conquered…

Scientific Revolution For centuries, great minds have examined the debate of the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred such as, The Heliocentric Theory. In 1543 Copernicus came up with the theory that the sun was at the center of the universe. Later, in 1616, Galileo’s findings frightened both catholic and protestant leaders because they went against the church’s teachings and authority. All of these…

American Imperialism was something that was aimed toward economic and political control of land outside of the United States. The land can be taken by force using the military or maybe by treaty or by just buying it. One of the countries that were controlled by the United States was the Philippines. Before America took over the Philippines there were forty three different languages. Some of the tribes that were there were Cebueno, Hiligaynon, Ilongo, Bisaya/ Binisaya, Bikol, Tagalog, and Waray.…

"I have not told the half of what I saw..."-Marco Polo. “The Age of Exploration is a world history period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners.”(University of Cambridge) The Age of Exploration was a time when many explorers such as Marco Polo seen many things people hadn’t discovered or wrote about yet. Marco Polo was a Venetian journalist and explorer who sailed first to China, which was under the control…

Every child learns the phrase, “In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” in third grade. While catchy they do not learn to much more than that. Europe had only speculated what was to the West of their borders before any voyage was attempted. Spain, France, and Britain each offered something to the new world they wanted to give. Among their reasons trade and religion were the focal points. Being a predominantly Christian area, all European countries wanted to get away from Muslims. Their…