The Potuguese and spanish explorers

Evelyn Rogers

Vivian Pivaral

Social Studies

February 5^th 2010

Portuguese and Spanish Explorers

Antonella Di Paolo

Lucia Rodriguez

Luisa Cruz

2nd course B

Portuguese Explorers History

The Golden Age of Discovery for Portugal was in the late 1400s and 1500s. It started with Henry the Navigator who was motivated to break the Moorish hold on the Africa and Asia trade routes. The Renaissance and Elizabethan age of Exploration were at first dominated by Portuguese Explorers. The Renaissance saw success of Portuguese explorers in getting monopolies on the spice trade and their expeditions to Japan and to the New Word gave Power to Portugal. The New discoveries made by Portuguese explorers brought gold and silver and spices.

Motives of the Portuguese Explorers

Portuguese Explorers and their patrons were Prompted by the desire to acquire Gold ,silver and Spices, Power, Prestige, Increasing opportunities for trade, and to spread Catholic religion

Famous Portuguese Explorers and their trips

Ferdinand Magellan	Portuguese	1480 - 1521	First voyage around the World by this famous explorer
Christopher Columbus	Italian / Spanish	1451 - 1506	Discovery of the New World by this famous explorer
Francisco Pizarro	Spanish	1478 - 1541	Famous Explorer who conquered the Incas of Peru
Amerigo Vespucci	Italian / Spanish	1454 - 1512	America was named after this famous explorer
Vasco Nunez de Balboa	Spanish	1475 - 1519	First famous European explorer to see the Pacific Ocean from its eastern shore
Vasco da Gama	Portuguese	1469 - 1524	Discovery of an ocean route from Portugal to the East by this famous explorer

PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS TIMELINE

1394: Henry the Navigator, Son of King John I of Portugal is born.

1414: Madeira Islands discovered by explorers Sarco and Tristao Vaz Teixeira.

1427: Azores Islands discovered by Portuguese explorer Diego Silves.

1434: Exploration of the African coast begins.

1444: Discovery and Colonization of Cape Verde Islands.

1484: Diogo Cao discovers the River Congo.

1487: Bartholomeu Dias leads the expedition around the Cape of Good Hope.

1498: Vasco Da Gama reaches India navigating around Africa.

1500: Pedro Alvarez Cabral discovers Brazil

1519: Ferdirand Magellan leads the first voyage around the world.

1542: Portuguese explores are the first Europeans to land in Japan.

1569: Nagasaki, in Japan is open to Portuguese traders.

PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR

The man responsible for Portugals age of exploration was Prince Henry the Navigator. Henry was born in 1394 and in 1419, his father made him governor of Portugals Southermmost Coast. From 1419 until his death in 1460, Prince Henry sent expedition after expedition down the West Coast of Africa .

JOAO FERNANDEZ

It is possible that in 1500 he reached the land which we know as Greenland, and called it Terra do Lavrador. The name later

migrated South to what is now called Labrador.

VASCO DA GAMA

He followed Bartolomeu Dias route to the ape of Good Hope in 1497 to 1498 and continued sailing into unknown waters along the Eastern Coast of the African continent. In 1502, Da Gama returned with 14 heavily armed ships and managed to defeat the Arab fleet.

THE CORTE-REALs

Gaspar Corte-Real was given a Royal Charter in 1500 and also made a Voyage that year in which he reached Terraverde. This was probably Newfoundland, but some historians have Corte-Real sailing first to Greenland and then South along the Labrador Coast to Newfoundland.

Gaspar sailed to Terraverde again in 1501, with three caravels. He captured about 60 native people as slaves. In the return only the captives reached Portugal. The others drowned with Gaspar. Gaspars brother, Miguel Corte-Real, went to look for him in 1502 but also failed to return.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/portuguese-explorers.htm

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/explorers/explorers.htm