European Explorers
Columbus was not the
first to discover the new
world
Explorer = a person who
travels to unfamiliar
places
Conquistadors = explorers
who take land by force
A TIME OF EXPLORATION
Spain – Spainish
Portugal – Portuguses
France – French
England –English
Dutch
What did the Europeans Want?
New faster routes
Spices, silk, gold,
jewels
Spread the Roman
Catholic or other
religions
Establish colonies
(a place ruled by
another country)
Christopher Columbus
From Spain – looking
for Indies (islands of
Southeast Asia)
King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella
Granted money for 3
ships …They ought to make
October 12, 1492 - arrival good and skilled servants,
Tribe called Taino lived for they repeat very
on the islands quickly whatever we say
Bahama Island of San to them… I will take six of
Salvador- Claimed by them to Your Highness
Spain when I depart… C.C. 1493
More Europeans to Follow
1519 – Cortes from
Spain
-arrived in Mexico
-conquer the Aztec
-claim land “New
Spain”
-establish colony
Cortez and Tenochtitlan
Aztec Gold
NEW SPAIN
Spanish build an empire
Take over Tenochtitlan
from Aztecs = Mexico
City
Grow from Mexico City
to North America and
South America
Use Indians and Africans
as slaves
Strait of Anian (ah nee AHN) or
The Northwest Passage
Still looking for a way to
Asia from Europe
1542 – Cabrillo traveled
west up to California from
Mexico colony
Found San Diego Bay and
continued North
First European to explore
California
California Voyages
1577 - Francis Drake
from England
Pirated the Spanish and
traded with the Miwok
1595 – Sebastin
Rodriquez Cermeno
1602 – Sebastian Vizcaino
(vees kah ee noh)
Left California alone for
next 150 years
Drake’s Expedition up California
California Island 1610