... failure in finding the direct route to the spice market. By all means necessary in this case means wiping out a whole tribe of Indians just to establish the dominance. Cartier (1491-15570): French mariner who is most famous for his voyages to present day Canada. His major backer was King Francis I of France. His mission was to find a northwest passage to China and create a direct route ... to the gold and spices, and open traffic for gold inhabitants. Personal motives ... would not hold and they ended up not being very effective. Vasco Da Gama (1469-1524): Portuguese explorer, Da Gama ...

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... economic gain through an easy and inexpensive trade route with Asia, but their approaches were quite different. Portugal hoped for, and found, an eastward sea passage that rounded the continent of Africa. Spain hoped to find a faster passage to Asia by sailing westward, and instead discovered an entirely unknown land in what we now know as the Caribbean Sea. England, just coming into play ... , his voyage provided the foundation for his fellow countryman, Vasco de Gama, who succeeded in reaching India in 1497 by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. Portugal's success in finding a route ...

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... and the French colonies Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti), Martinique, and Guadeloupe (1660s-1680s), most laborers on the plantations were young European males who agreed to work for three to five years in return for free oceanic passage and food and housing in the Americas. These workers were called indentured laborers. By the later 17th and early 18th centuries, tobacco, sugar, indigo (used ... vessels. Trade cargoes organized in Europe cost several millions of dollars in today's money, and the average value of outward cargoes was greater than most overseas trades. Cargoes typically ...

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... and Asia. The products demand raised the desire for commerce. European countries were mainly interested in spices from Asia. They had learned how to use spices and to conserve food during the winter. Thus, Christopher Columbus navigated west across the Atlantic Ocean, and he was looking for such a way. ... the Indies. In this period, Europeans would realize that he had found what they called the "New World." European countries promptly rushed to allege lands in the Americas. Spain was interested in the God, Gold, and Glory. Cortés was the first of Spain people exploring ... apprehended ...

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... trade on the African Coast, new battles of conquest began in the Americas. In 1492, Columbus mistakenly landed in America in his search for India. His mistake opened a new world of discovery and conquest for the Europeans and a world of devastation for the native Americans and Africans. Spain ... created an African Diaspora in the forced migration of some 12 million people from many diverse societies and cultures in west and west central Africa to European colonies in the Caribbean Islands, in Central and South America, and in North America. About 5% of slaves were sold into the English...

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