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Explorers 1488 - Dias - Discovers the Cape of Good Hope 1497 - da Gama - Discovers the sea route to India 1500 - Pedro Álvares Cabral - discovers Brazil Spanning the Atlantic 1492 - Columbus sets sail for Spain Sailed for Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile Spain develops a major empire Portugal does not want to be outdone - Ask Pope Alexander VI for help Draws a line of demarcation - West of line belongs to Spain - East of line belongs to Portugal Portuguese said it favored Spain – demand new one 1494 - Treaty of Tordesillas - moves line westward Other Spanish Explorers Hernan Cortez Francisco Pizarro Cuba & Mexico Peru Gold Gold Ponce de Leon Florida Gold, Fountain of Youth Francisco Coronado SW United States El Dorado Hernando de Soto SE United States Gold 1519-1522 Ferdinand Magellan - sails around South America and reaches Asia - credited as first man to circumnavigate the world Classwork 1. List the major explorers. What were they looking for? What did they discover? 2. Between which two countries was the New World Divided? Who divided it? Who was upset and why? What solved the problem? 3. Define line of demarcation and circumnavigation.
