AP U.S. history 1

prince henry the navigator

(1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.

malinali

14 year old given to Hernan Cortes. spoke several native languages.

vasco de gama

A Portugese sailor who was the first European to sail around southern Africa to the Indian Ocean

fransisco vasquez de coronado

Explored southwestern U.S. looking for the "City of Gold".

st augustine

First spanish settlement. Florida 1565

amerigo vespucci

Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America

jaques cartier

French explorer who discovered the st. lawrence river, and gave france its claim to canada

vasco nunex de balboa

He was the first one to see the pacific. (crossed panama)

treaty of toredesillas

In 1494 Spain and Portugal wre disputing the lands of the new world, so the Spainish went to the Pope, and he divided the land of South America for them. Spain got the vast majority, the west, and Portugal got the east.

bartolomeu dias

Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa from the Atlantic and sight the Indian Ocean. (p. 428)

ferdinand magellan

Portuguese navigator in the service of Spain

bartolome de las casas

Spaniard who fought for Native American rights.

hernan cortes

Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547)

juan de onate

Spanish explorer and conquistador. He claimed New Mexico for Spain in 1598 and served as its governor until 1607.

hernando de soto

Spanish explorer who discovered and claimed the Mississippi River for Spain

peninsulares

Spanish-born, came to Latin America; ruled, highest social class

columbian exchange

The exchange of goods and ideas between Native Americans and Europeans

martin luther

a German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517, he wrote 95 theses, or statements of belief attacking the church practices.

encomieda

land grants that included the right to demand labor or taxes from native Americans

fransisco pizzaro

the spanish conquistador that conquered the mighty inca indians