Vasco Núñez de Balboa

James Cook: Captain James Cook was an English explorer in the 1700s who was in search of the “Southern Continent” which he didn’t believe really existed. He went on three big expeditions; the first was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed from Plymouth, England to Brazil, around Cape Horn, Africa, and to Tahiti where he stayed for a while, then to New Zealand, Australia, and Java to prove they weren’t part of a larger southern continent. His second expedition took him to Antarctica and many of…

Cosmography is the study of the known world and its place in the cosmos. This study played a significant role in our understanding of how the New World was discovered. In 1506, two men by the names of Matthias Ringmann and Martin Waldseemüller, collaborated together on a magnificent map that depicted something no one had ever seen before. Through the descriptive letters from a Florentine merchant, Amerigo Vespucci, Ringmann and Waldseemüller were able to formulate a textbook titled, Introduction…

Pizarro acquired much territory for Spain. Pizarro was illiterate and illegitimate; coming to the Americas was how he made his fortune. For Pizarro fame and fortune would have been impossible in Spain. Pizarro along with fellow conquistador Vasco Nunez del Balboa are credited for the discovery of the Pacific ocean. Pizarro did not have a good relationship with fellow explores and was killed by followers of a rival conquistador in…

cruel and greedy Spanish conquistadors were to conquer as much land and obtain as much money as possible. The first Spanish settlement in north America was Santo Domingo, captured by Diego Columbus in 1496. Afterwards in 1513, Vasco Núñez de Balboa founded Santa María la Antigua de Darián. Balboa’s discovery sped up the Spanish expansion of the West. The Spanish then took control of the Caribbean Islands after conquering Cuba and finding Havana. Next in 1521, the Aztec kingdom in Mexico was…

the center for trade during the sixth century. Teotihuacan declined after a few centuries, believed to be caused by an invasion or internal conflicts. A new civilization came around in 900 and dominated Central Mexico- the Toltecs, a militaristic group. Riot broke out in the civilization after a ruler called Topiltzin encouraged the worship of a change in religions. This caused the decline of the Toltec civilization. • Obsidian: the most valuable trade item in Teotihuacan; a green or black…

establishing settlements in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland failed. They would not establish a permanent colony until the seventeenth century. In 1608, Samuel de Champlain, while exploring for a French fur trading company, founded Quebec. In 1673, Jacque Marquette and Louis Joliet located the Mississippi River. In 1681 Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle descended to the Gulf of Mexico. France therefore claimed the entire Mississippi River Valley. New France encompassed the St Lawrence,…

wealthy family in the Americas, Bolivar was a Creole. Bolivar studied in Spain and France; this is where Bolivar studied about enlightenment. Bolivar was tired of being under Spain’s rule and started. After several years of fighting Bolivar and Jose de Sam Martin completed the South American independence movement and liberated Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. This war left Spain with only Cuba and Puerto…