Spain Builds an American Empire Part 1

Spain Builds an American Empire

​- The Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria sail from Spain August 3, 1492
- First Encounter on October 12, 1492
- Believed he had reached the East Indies, he called the native people los indios
- He miscalculated where he was

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The Voyages of Columbus

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• Finding no gold in San Salvador, he continues to other islands

  "It was my wish to bypass no island without taking possession "

• These journys turn him into an empire builder.

​Columbus

• Italian serving Portugal

• 'finds' America

​​Amerigo Vespucci

• Portuguese explorer

• 1519

• Sailed around the tip of South America

• Killed in battle

Ferdinand Magellan

• Spanish Explorer

• Landed in Mexico

• Travelled inland to claim land for Spain

​​Hernando Cortes