List of explorers and other for Age of Discovery AP Modern European History
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| 473816904 | Prince Henry the Navigator | (early 15th century) [Portugal] Started the age of exploration Mercenary and religious reasons- gold, spices, slaves and to convert to Christianity Explored African coast - looking for a way around Africa | 0 | |
| 473816905 | Bartholomew Dias | (latter 15th Century) [Portugal] Sailed around the Cape of Good Hope | 1 | |
| 473816906 | Vasco da Gama | (latter 15th Century) [Portugal] Sailed around Africa to India and returned with spices Spices were very valuable | 2 | |
| 473816907 | Pedro Cabral | (1500) [Portugal] Discovered Brazil | 3 | |
| 473816908 | Christopher Columbus | (late 15th century) [sailed for Spain, but was Italian] Sailed to San Salvador, Bahamas, but thought it was Japan On his 3rd voyage he realized Cuba was not Japan | 4 | |
| 473816909 | Amerigo Vespucci | (early 16th century) [Spain] He realized that what Columbus discovered was actually a whole new continent America is named after him | 5 | |
| 473816910 | Magellan | (early 16th century) [Spain] Continued to look for a sea route to asia Sailed around south America across Pacific Ocean to the Philippines Was killed by the inhabitants | 6 | |
| 473816911 | Hernan Cortez | (early 16th century) [Spain] Landed in south america w/ 500 men Emperor Moctezuma II thought Cortez was a god who had returned, so he wanted to appease him with gold Started war with Aztecs and defeated them, claimed Mexico for Spain | 7 | |
| 473816912 | Franciso Pizarro | (early 16th century) [Spain] Wetern coast of south America Captured and killed Atahualpa, and took over Incan Empire for Spain after long and fierce resistance | 8 | |
| 473816913 | Bartolomew de las Casas | (early to mid 16th century) [Spain] a Dominican was against conquest, but for converting, and made regulations to protect the Indians | 9 | |
| 473816914 | Black Legend | Emerged because of las Casas Said that all Spanish treatment of the Indians was inhumane | 10 | |
| 473816915 | Conquistadores | [Spain] "conquerors" Interested in gold and silver Spanish government received 1/5 of their mining profits | 11 | |
| 473816916 | Hacienda | A large land estate that was owned by peninsulares or creoles Produced foodstuffs for mining, leather for mining machinery Also farming and ranching, but not as important as mining | 12 | |
| 473816917 | Peninsulares | People born in Spain | 13 | |
| 473816918 | Creoles | People of Spanish decent | 14 | |
| 473816919 | Encomienda | A grant for the right to labor of a specific number of native americans for a certain amount of time The Spanish needed labor for economic activity | 15 | |
| 473816920 | Repartimiento | Native American adult males were forced to work a certain number of days per year Were often abused and some died Also known as mita, "labor tax" | 16 | |
| 473816921 | Alburquerque (the person) | (early 16th century) [Portugal] Portugal's first governor general of Goa in India Expanded holding in India and maintained them using force Created a commercial-colonial empire | 17 | |
| 473816922 | John Cabot | (late 15th century) [Italian, but sailed for England] At the request of Henry VII, Cabot sailed west and landed in Canada Newfoundland Claimed land for England | 18 | |
| 481647175 | Toscanelli | (mid 15th century) [Italian City-States] reintroduced the Greek idea of a spherical world | 19 |
