HIST 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Huguenot, Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Northwest Passage
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January 24, 2012: identifications, hernan cortes, tenochtitlan, coronado, jacques cartier, walter raleigh, the european context. Erikson was: columbus wasn"t the first or last to arrive in north america leif, (cid:883)(cid:886)(cid:882)(cid:882)"s norse settlers disappeared from america viking impact= Space is finite; if europeans want to expand their territory, then they have to find another area in which to expand: reasons for exploration: god, gold, glory. & haiti: christmas eve, runs santa maria aground & decides to head back home; also decided to leave 40 men in the new world . Empire: burned all his ships intended to stay in mexico and reign supreme not interested in going back to spain, cortes" expeditions= unaut(orized. January 24, 2012: conquistadores= volunteers, not paid volunteer for a slice of the riches they think they"ll find, march to tenochtitlan aztec capitol, 200,000 people highly civilized city, cortes goes to see montezuma, but montezuma mistook.
