Christopher Columbus
A. Nina
A. Pinta
A. Santa
Maria
I. The
Spanish Monarch gave him the money to do his explorations.
Columbus requested funding from several
royal families in Europe for his Atlantic voyage. He was denied many times before King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella finally
accepted his request. They gave him
2,000,000 maravedis, which is about $6,000.
It does not seem like a lot of money, but in those times it was.
A. Columbus
was born in present day Italy in 1451
I. Columbus
is noted "discovering the Americas".
Columbus did not set out to discover a
new land, he was just looking for a new route to Asia. He was able to persuade the Spanish Monarch
into giving him funding for his trip by promising them cheaper spices.
A. Trade
routes
During the 1400's people had to pay a
lot of money to have spices brought by land to Europe. Many times these spices were brought on the
back of a camel. Columbus originally set
out to find a water route to Asia to hopefully be able to get spices and gold
at a much cheaper rate. The Monarch was
very excited about this prospect.
I. He
was in search of Gold and spices from Asia.
A. Found
something better than spices
Although he may not have successfully
found a easier way to get to Asia, he found something much better... a new
land. Well, new to Europeans. Because Columbus made this "mistake",
Spain eventually colonized much of this area.
The colonization of the new world gave Spain much more money.
1. Colonies
Spain went on to colonize part of North
America, All of Central America and the majority of South America. This colonization provided Spain with wealth
and power. This also opened the door for
other European countries to colonize.
A. Spices
were extremely valuable
I. Columbus
set the stage for future colonization of the new world
A. France
A. England
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