columbus age of exploration Flashcards
where and when was columbus born
genoa 1451
what did columbus call his proposal that by sailing west could reach the spice islands and why
the enterprise of the indies the spice islands were called the east indies
why would porutugal not support him
they were more interested by searching for a route to asia by going down the coast of africa
who was in charge of spain at the time
king ferdinand and queen isabella
why did spain agree to the voyage
they hoped this voyagr could help them beat the portugese in the race for the a route to the spice islands
and they wanted to spread christianity
whta port did columbus sail from
palos
what 3 ship did columbus travel with
pinta, mina and santa marina
where did they first sail to and what did they do there
canary islands to collect supplies and carry out repairs
what happened on 12 of october
land was seent from the pinta columbus named it san salvidor
what did he call the natives and why
indians because he thought he reached asia
what other islands did he sail to
cuba hispanola(haiti) and dominican republic
what happened to the santa mina
it hit a rock and had to be abondoned
what ship did columbus sail on onthe way to america
santa mina
what ship did he sail back on
nina
what did columbus bring back with him
a few natives and a bit of gold
what welcome did columbus recieve
heros welcome
what action did they take to protect their discoveries and why
at columbruses urging they acte dto protect their discoveries
they signe d the treaty of versailes which splot theland discovered to the west to spain and the land discovered to the east to potugal
what did columbus bring back on his second journey
pineapple turkey,tobacco and a hammock
what did columbus discover on later voyages
puerto rico, trinadad , jamaica and pananama and the mouyh of the onrinoco river
what did he bring over on his second voyage
1000 settlers
what did he find on hissecond voyage
a large amount of gold on the island of hispanola
how many voyages did he have in total
4
what happened on his third voyage
he got in a fight with govener of hispanola and was sent back to spain in chains
whta happened on his fourth voyage
he warned a differnent leader of hispanola of an incoming huriicaine , the governer did not listen and 24 ships were lost
wht did columbus never reach
he never reached the east no matter how hard he searched he never china
what happened after his 4th voyage
he became ill and died in wlladoid in 1506
when and where did he die
vallaloid 1506
wht did the wealth from the new world make spain
europes most powerful country
