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foundation of new colonies. In Frontier of Possessions, Tamar Herzog, a historian, professor of Latin American presents an account of the conquest from a different perspective, one that proposes that the acquisition of the territory of the New World by Spain and Portugal was a result of “interactions of many actors that caused territorial division in both Iberia and the Americas” (Herzog, 6). Hence, I conquer that one of the reasons of the conquest was the desire to…

“It is lawful to call it a new world, because none of these countries were known to our ancestors, and to all who hear about them, they will be entirely new.” Amerigo Vespucci was a Florentine navigator and explorer who played a prominent role in exploring the new world. Navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci came in to this world on March 9, 1451. He was born into a cultured family as the third son of Ser Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini. Vespucci’s father worked as a notary in Florence,…

and slavery. It shows slavery, because Christopher Columbus took Indians in and made them his slaves. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer. He was born in 1451, in the republic Genoa. He later Went to Lisbon, portugal then later went to Spain, where he pitched the idea of trying to find a better way to transfer goods. Christopher Columbus set to sail and was looking for India. Instead, he found America, but he thought it was India or at least close to it. So he called the people…

to the Portuguese king. Later, Magellan returned to Portugal to ask the king to sponsor his voyage around the world. Because of Magellan’s previous accusations, he refused the three times Magellan asked. Then Magellan traveled to Spain to ask for King Charles I of Spain approval of his long voyage, who agreed to let him go. On September 20, 1519, Magellan set sail with five ships and about 200 men. His five ships were the Trinidad, San Antonio, Concepción, Victoria, and the Santiago.…

support of the Spanish rule and had no intention of changing it. That sentiment would still be present during Napoleon’s invasion of Spain, which forced many liberals like Bolivar to wear the mask of Fernando VII. Of course, that loyalty would come to an end when the conflict became more about americanos versus europeos-- the americanos were no longer interested in obeying Spain. However, in many cases, the americanos were still conservative and reluctant to change. And, during the independence…

The controversy as to whom discovered America still rages on today. One of the most disputed characters in history is indeed the Italian Christopher Columbus. Although not stated as a villain or a hero in the Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), Columbus is still acknowledged as one of the most important historical figures whose expeditions to the New World led the way to other expeditions of Europeans to America. During Columbus time, the belief that the earth was round…

Jose Rizal A national hero in the Philippines is a man named Jose Rizal that would reveal the corruption of the Spaniards and the Roman Catholic Church towards the Filipinos due to his writings that would change the history of the Philippines. The Spaniards were very powerful during the 1500s. They began to take over cities/countries. The wanted to take over the Philippine island because of three main reasons and those are: they wanted to spread the Roman Catholic religion, during that time the…

From the time period of 1450 to 1800, both Russia and the Spanish had been striving to expand their empires to gain a better role in the global economy. For Russia, this expansion was limited to the Eurasian landmass while the Spanish looked to the Atlantic and set up colonies in the New World. Both of these empires broke free from their foreign rulers. Despite different branches of Christianity, within both of these empires' religions played key roles in terms of expansion. The Russians wanted…

During the Civil War Germany invaded Spain with 5 thousand bombs. Waves of German aircraft attack the town with bombs and machine gun fire. The town encountered a rain of incendiary bombs that flooded the city with ash. One thousand six hundred and forty-five people deceased from this event while thousands were left wounded. Guernica was bombed to the ground, which left a great victory for the German. Germany communicated a message of power to the rest of Spain from the attack to Guernica. The…

Giovanni Caboto, more commonly known as John Cabot, was born in Genoa, Italy in approximately 1450. He lived with his father and brother, Giulio and Pierro Caboto. His father being a spice merchant, they were a fairly wealthy family. John helped his father trade spices n Genoa for most of his childhood, but it was when he moved to Venice, around 1461, at eleven years old, that he began to form into the famous explorer that he was. When Caboto arrived in Venice, he began learning from local…