HIST 103g Lecture 10: Lecture-10 Hist 103
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Pillars of hercules - believed to be at straits of gibraltar. Habsburg empire adopted plus ultra as slogan as they ventured beyond mediterranean. Columbus given authority over all lands he discovers, declared (cid:281)admiral of the ocean seas(cid:282) Split into three groups: guanahatebeys, tainos, island caribs. Religion - earth mother god and sky god and ancestors, personify. Republic - collecting samples of pineapples, people, other goods from places. Leaves men on settlement of la navidad on hispanola. Columbus writes letters to king and queen of spain, re-printed and spread throughout europe. More voyages granted by spanish government, brings more settlers with him. King and queen of spain give you authority over a group of indigenous people - you protect them, they provide you with labor. Taino population: 1492: 600,000 | 1507: 60,000 | 1531: 600. Pope divides atlantic so spain and portugal don"t battle over colonies, portugal gets brazil. Ferdinand of aragon marries isabella of castille, unites their two lands.
