HI127 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Atlantic Slave Trade, Jean Fleury, Slavery In Africa
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Sea dogs of the renaissance i: background and john hawkins. Expansion down the west coast of africa and north around canada. Produced a revolution in trade, in a triangular direction. Silver from south america was a focus for the british. Columbus was sailing for the spanish crown. He believed he could reach japan but landed in the bahamas which he named the indies. He said that he ran across people who were not christian. Panama is an important location of settlement. An estimate of 100000 aztecs died as a part of this campaign. These riches would never make it to spain though. 1526: new and more heavily armoured spanish treasure fleets. Tierra firme- northern coast of south america. The spanish considered him to be a pirate and when he was captured he was executed. Other countries wanted to get in on the action. He had set his sights on the inca empire and succeeded.
