Numerous books about Columbus appeared in the 1990s, and the insights of archaeologists and anthropologists began to complement those of sailors and historians. The more recent perspective, however, has concentrated on the destructive side of the European conquest, emphasizing, for example, the disastrous impact of the slave trade and the ravages of imported disease on the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean region and the American continents
While overflowing treasure chests haven't exactly been turning up in Taboga Panama, workers building a health clinic did find some 1,000 pieces of 17th century silver. After the Panama Canal was finished in 1914, the hotel went on to serve other purposes before its demise, among them being as a major social center for the island
William Bligh and the Jamaican Breadfruit Tree
I think a complex, botanically rich and diverse forest ecosystem can serve a multitude of purposes from healing aquifers to holding soil to cleaning air to feeding people and wildlife. The islands most important food sources and economically important plants such as oranges, pineapple, ginger, coffee, cassava, bananas, cedar, mahogany and pimento are NOT actually native to the island
Edited by: inggabrieldiaz, Dylan (Admin), EricGrundhauser (Admin) Share Pin This Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy Vatican City, Vatican Medici Hall of Maps - Sala delle Carte Geografiche 54 exquisite hand painted Renaissance maps decorating a Medici storage room Florence, Italy Mercator Museum Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator Sint-Niklaas, Belgium See 29 more places filed under marvelous maps and measures, 40 more places filed under dead explorers, and 3 more places filed under Madrid. So, what was it like? Tell us about your experience! no thanks close I want to go here Great! This has been added to your very own Compendium of Wonders: your collection of all the places that amaze you, inspire you, and that you want to travel to
Magellan sets out - Sep 20, 1519 - HISTORY.com
On Easter day at midnight, the Spanish captains mutinied against their Portuguese captain, but Magellan crushed the revolt, executing one of the captains and leaving another ashore when his ship left St. facebook twitter google+ Read More Disaster 2002 Avalanche thunders into Russian village A glacial avalanche in Russia buries a village on this day in 2002, killing more than 100 people
Alvarez de Pineda thus demonstrated that he was not merely a plunderer but an observant geographer.In mid-trip, on June 2, 1519, the expedition discovered the mouth of a huge river. Alvarez de Pineda was to see also what wealth could be obtained from the land.His first discovery was that any wealth that might be there would be hard to find and obtain
IMA Hero: Reading Program Ponce de Leon
He sought out a wise old man to learn the secret of immortality, and the wise man reluctantly told him the plant of eternal youth grew at the bottom of the sea. Did you know this was one year after Columbus first landed in the Americas? After three weeks, the voyage reached a new island, and Columbus claimed it for Spain
Before you sail from your home port in Lisbon, Portugal, you will need to make several important decisions about how to prepare for your journey and what route to take
The American Empire
to recognize the Church as your mistress and as Governess of the World and Universe, and the High Priest, called the Pope, in Her name, and his Majesty (king of Spain) in Her place, as Ruler and Lord King... During the early stage of the American invasion of Panama, Juantxu Rodriguez recorded the below photograph of Panamanians lined up in a makeshift morgue
VESPUCCI, AMERIGOAmerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) was an Italian explorer who was the first person to realize that the Americas were separate from the continent of Asia. Cook's first journey was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed to Tahiti in order to observe Venus as it passed between the Earth and the Sun (in order to try to determine the distance between the Earth and the Sun)
Age of Exploration Time Line
On December 28, 1520 they set out again to Tenochtitlan with a force of more than 100,000 Indian allies, finally defeating the Aztecs on August 13, 1521.The final battle for the conquest of Tenochtitlan, took 93 days, of vicious fighting. England 1539 - 1543 Hernando de Soto - setting sail from Havana, Cuba, he landed near Fort Myers, Florida on May 25, 1539 with a force of 570 men and 223 horses
Balboa Reaches Pacific: 1513
On September 1, 1513, Balboa left the settlement with almost 200 Spaniards and a thousand Indians in search of a great body of water that he had heard about from a native friend. There were power struggles between the current leader (Enciso) and the old leader (Nicuesa) which resulted in Nicuesa being deported on a dilapidated ship which was never seen again
De Fuca sailed up the western coast of North America from Mexico to Vancouver Island in 1592, looking for a passage from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Dampier died a pauper in March, 1715 DE ALBUQUERQUE, AFONSOAfonso de Albuquerque (14??-1515) was a Portuguese soldier and explorer who sailed to the Spice Islands (the Moluccas, a group of Islands in Indonesia) in 1507-1511, trying to monopolize trade with this area; from Europe, he sailed around Africa to the Indian Ocean
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However, in light of the new relationship between them, Pedrarias could not stop him indefinitely, and he finally consented to let Balboa go on his new expedition, giving him license to explore for a year and a half. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an expedition to have seen or reached the Pacific from the New World
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