established trade colonies in the indian cost in 1505 and had routes that led to china Amerigo Vespucci travelled deep into the coastlines of south america, shedding light on future explorers. Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517 Ottoman Selim conques the majority of arab and egypt in 1517. Jacques Cartier explored the northeast coast of north america, setting a foundation to future settlers / explorers. Spaniards fled cuba and arrived in mexico, carrying a lot of today’s…
Mexico into the United States. Los Chinelos have come to represent the national and regional identity of the Mexican people. The history of Los Chinelos is also rooted in the history of Mexico. Hernán Cortés conquested the Aztec Empire in 1521. The Spanish conquest of Yucatan did not happen until 1697; a conquest that Cortés did not get to see in his lifetime.…
There were two major themes in the development of La Relacion. The two themes are to never judge a book by its cover and to respect others and treat others the way you want to be treated. From Cabeza de Vaca point of view, he judged the Indians because of what the Spaniards did when they conquered. On the background of La Relacion, it says “By the time Cabeza de Vaca sailed, the Spaniards had conquered the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru. Millions of Native Americans would’ve died in the…
The Conquistadors are Spanish men that explored who find the new world but most importantly South America. Who was Francisco Pizzaro? He was a Spanish Conquistador who was born around 1474 in Trujillo, Spain. In 1528 Pizzaro was welcomed by the Inca’s leader Wayna Capac but in the Inca’s trusted leader died of small pox. Pizzaro went back to Panama overjoyed and while he was there him and his partners planned for their next conquest. 1529 when he went back to Spain the queen gave them a license…
point of religion, the Spanish responded harshly in terms of economy and culture in their search for gold and respond benignly by promising Catholicism through missionaries. French responded with no oppression culturally befriended them and responded quietly, with regards to religion. Economy, responded with tyranny and with interchanged beneficial…
The Mexican codex map was made 50 years after the Spanish conquered the Aztecs in 1521. The map illustrates two Mexican towns of Tlaxcala, the traces of the Mexican native society and the influence of the Spanish conquests in these regions. The church of Saint Barbara Tamasolco and Saint Anna situated on the left and right of the map represents each of these towns. The writings on the map resulted from the combination of the local language of the natives and one taken from Spain. Also, many of…
One was a spanish conquistador who led the fall of the Aztec Empire and the other accompanied Vasco de Balboa in the crossing of the Isthmus of Panama to the pacific coast. These two men were born around the same time but accomplished two very different things. Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro heros if you will, of their time and have left a lasting impression on the Americas forever. Hernán Cortés owned land in Cuba. He heard of Spanish expeditions that had been repelled by Indians. He…
“discovered” these places had different agendas, which ultimately affected the history of the Americas. Mexico, Peru and Brazil had centuries of indigenous tribes inhabiting the Americas. Throughout their history, different tribes had evolved their technologies and cultural practices. The Aztecs and Mayans of Mexico, the Incas of Peru, and the Guaraní of Brazil were successful of their time considering…
Some might hcharacterize Christopher Columbus as a greedy, Iron-handed invader who commanded men that often despised and disagreed with some of his directives, his determination to succeed and his management skills were undeniably remarkable. “He landed at an Indian village there was in that place and discovered a very delightful plain up the river, and observed that there might be trenches drawn from the river into the town for erecting mills and other conveniences for building” Columbus was…
during the conquest of the Americas was necessary to accomplish the Spanish Imperial objectives in the region, there were many who opposed those treatments. Bartolomé de las Casas a Catholic priest, was the most eloquent critic of Spanish mistreatment of the New World’s native population (de las Casas, p.7). In his document, History of the Indies (1528), de las Casas aimed to inform the public back in Spain of the atrocities that occurred on the island of Hispaniola by Spanish “comendadors” and…