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Bellwork At the beginning of your notes, list 2 or 3 European explorers you have already heard of Do you remember where they explored? Do you know where they were from? European Exploration Effects of Columbus’s Voyage • Placed European powers in direct competition for trade and resources • Spain and Portugal- Treaty of Tordesillas- established line of demarcation Our namesake • 1499- Italian Amerigo Vespucci set out on Portuguese voyage- sailed along Northern coast of South America • On second trip in 1502, concluded that this was a new continent, not Indiapublished account • Obscure German map maker named continent America Spain and Portugal • Vasco Balboa- 1513- Panamabecame first European to see east coast of the Pacific Ocean • Ferdinand Magellan- 1519- first circumnavigation of the world – Sailed around southern tip of S. America- attempted mutinyMagellan killed in the Philippines 18 survivors returned to Spain Conquistadors • Hernan Cortes- 1519- 600 soldiers to Mexico – Firearms and horses – Emperor Moctezuma welcomed them as gods to Aztec capital – Took Moctezuma captive, raided city – Driven out, returned with alliesdestroyed city – Spanish Left horses behind Conquistadors • Francisco Pizarro1531- sailed to Peru with 180 soldiers – Seized Incan capital and ruler- Atahulapaexecuted – Captured Cuzco, established Lima – Pizarro murdered by competitor’s son in 1541 English Explorers • John Cabot- 1497Atlantic shores of Canada • Francis Drake- 1577 sent off to pillage Spanish coloniesbecame first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe French Explorers • Search for the Northwest Passage – Jacques Cartier- 1534Explored St. Lawrence River to Montreal – Samuel De Champlain1608- founded Quebecfirst French settlement • Focused on trade rather than agriculture and settlement Dutch Presence • Henry Hudson- 1609Englishman funded by the Dutch- sailed up river from New York Harbor- Hudson River • Set up trading posts on Manhattan- named New Amsterdam • Fell to the English in 1664 Closure • Using your notes, complete the European Explorers matching activity for homework