Age of Exploration: Spanish Discoveries

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1. Christopher Columbus

1.1. Believed world was round

1.1.1. Said he reached Asia by travelling west

1.1.2. "Enterprise of the Indies"

1.1.3. Rulers wouldn't sponsor him, Spain did

1.1.3.1. Wanted to beat Portugal

1.1.3.2. Control the wealth of the Indies

1.1.3.3. Wanted to spread Christianity

1.2. Voyage

1.2.1. Went to Canary Islands

1.2.1.1. Repairs and supplies

1.2.2. First ships

1.2.2.1. Nina

1.2.2.2. Pinta

1.2.2.3. Santa Maria

1.2.3. Was out of sight of land for two months

1.2.4. Kept a log

1.3. Impact

1.3.1. Treaty of Tordesillas

1.3.2. More voyages sponsored

2. Ferdinand Maguellan

2.1. Wanted to prove Spice Islands were in Spanish half of Treaty

2.1.1. Argued with Portuguese king

2.1.2. Miscalculated ocean size

2.2. Voyage

2.2.1. Ships

2.2.1.1. Trinidad

2.2.1.2. Concepcion

2.2.1.3. San Antonio

2.2.1.4. Santiago

2.2.1.5. Victoria

2.2.2. Spanish captains mutinied

2.2.2.1. Magellan shut that down

2.2.3. Magellan found straits to Pacific Ocean

2.2.3.1. Much bigger than expected

2.2.4. Many men died

2.2.5. Died in tribal war in Phillipines

2.2.6. Sebastian del Cano captained back

2.2.6.1. 18 survivors

2.2.7. Circumnavigated the world