HIST 1F96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Quetzalcoatl, Dogs In Warfare, Encomienda
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*first contact happens over and over again at different times and different places: the vikings: 982 ad, erik the read inhabits greenland expand trade networks, power and blunder villages. Relations between vikings and skrellings (natives) based on trade (esp. furs) soon became violent. Abandonment of viking settlement due to hostilities with natives lead to further isolation natives see them as traitors, don"t want them taking land it didn"t last long: columbus and spanish invasion: Rise of portugal, prominence from riches in african trade (rise in exploration to go to the orient faster) Columbus convinces king ferdinand and queen isabella that sailing west will be faster than the african route (portuguese had gone south to get to asia) trade would be faster. Columbus leaves aug, 3rd, 1492 (thinks he"ll be there in a few weeks), gets there on oct. 12th, 1492.
