The Discovery of America – Columbus’s First Journey General 23/09/201729/09/20170 The Discovery of America took place on October 12th,1492 during the first Christopher Columbus trip to American lands. Although the real intention of this trip was to find a sea route to Asia and have direct access to its markets eventually became one of the greatest feats of world history.
Martín Alonso Pinzón, great Spanish sailor Personalities 23/09/201723/09/20170 Nacimiento: 1441 in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain). Death: March 31th,1493 in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain). Burial Site: La Rábida Monastery in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva, Spain) Charges: - A seaman and discoverer from Huelva. - Captain of the Pinta Caravel on the voyage of discovery of America. - Co-discoverer of
Black Legend: “The majority of Spaniards arriving in the New World were criminal convicts.” Black Legend General 22/09/201723/09/20170 One of the most recurrent accusations of the legends is that the majority of Spaniards who came to the New World to populate it were criminals freed from the Castilian prisons and that in exchange for this freedom they were offered to leave to the new territories and thus killed
The Capitulations of Santa Fe General 22/09/201729/09/20170 April 17th,1492 the capitulations of Santa Fe are so called because they were signed in the Granada town of Santa Fe, Christian headquarters during the siege of the Catholic Kings against the last vestige of Muslim power in the Peninsula. The capitulations were a contract signed between the monarchs and individuals
Biography of Christopher Columbus Personalities 22/09/201723/09/20170 Location of birth Christopher Columbus is believed to have been born in 1451 at undetermined place, although officially he was born in Savona (Genoa, Italy). Place of death Colón died on May 20th,1506 in Valladolid (Spain) suffering from various ailments. Positions held - Official discoverer of the New World. - Admiral, Viceroy and Governor General of
The voyages of Christopher Columbus Featured General 18/09/201728/09/20170 Christopher Columbus organized four trips or expeditions to the New World. Three of these trips were exploratory and one colonizer, specifically the second. These voyages of Christopher Columbus, whose objective was to find a route to Asian products in order to trade by sailing west, have been greatly glorified. Instead
A new vision of the Conquest of America General 16/09/201716/09/20170 Never in the history of mankind has a similar event occurred such as the Conquest of America. La conquest of an entire gigantic continent by the drive and action of a few adventurers who delivered to the Hispanic Monarchy one of the largest territories ever under unified sovereignty. An unparalleled
Spanish conquest and colonization of North America General 15/09/201701/10/20170 There is very little literature on such a magnificent event as the Spanish conquest and colonization of North America. And much less about the experience and work of a few Spaniards who, like many others, in their search for new opportunities and a better life, ventured further north to Cuba