The Exploration and Empires to America from foreign countries.
Date Submitted: 01/27/2004 21:59:18
Category: / History / World History
Length: 5 pages (1490 words)
Category: / History / World History
Length: 5 pages (1490 words)
Exploration and Empire
Section 1: Early Explorations
- Columbus. Before Columbus's voyage, Europeans did not know the Western Hemisphere existed.
- During the 1400's, Europeans became interested in finding a short sea route to the Far East--a region of spices and other valuable goods.
- Columbus, an Italian navigator, believed he could find a short route to the East by sailing west.
- Financed by the Spanish king and queen, he set sail westward from Spain …
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…Coronado set out from Campostela near the west coast of Mexico on an expedition to find the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola.
- These supposedly rich and flourishing cities were thought to lie north of Mexico City. Coronado traveled through what are now Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
- He found no important cities, but his expedition and that of de Soto gave Europeans a good idea of the width of North America.
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