... 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 as a major political ... power, commissioned expeditions westward in search of a more northerly passage across the sea to Asia, landing instead in present day Canada. Portugal and Spain initially led ... in the New World. Driven by the astronomical costs of trading over land with Asia, Portugal led ...

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... Age of Exploration was the discovery of the New World by a one Christopher Colombus who sailed across the Atlantic searching for a new route to Asia but accidently landed in the Caribbean. Spain In short time, Spanish Conquistadors had overwhelmed both the powerful Aztec and Incan Empires that had controled today's Mexico and Peru. They claimed all the land for Spain and ... not yet entered this field. By the early 16th century, the Prtugese had established a string of bases that formed a gateway between the Indian Ocean and the China Sea. The Portugese could now control all sea trade i...

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... 1451. He received very little formal schooling, but taught himself Portuguese, Spanish, and Latin. He never learned to read or write Italian. As a teenager he took particular interest in the sea, and believed he could reach the East Indies in a few weeks, although at this time the world was believed to be flat, and to risk sailing out to the horizon ... , for saying Columbus did discover America, and that he was a hero. The many wrong-doings of Columbus are all overlooked. To start with, he took the rewards for discovering the Caribbean for himself, when it was indeed the Pinta that kept...

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... bringing Spain gold and spices, Columbus was promised 10% of the profits, governorship over new-found lands, and the fame that would go with a new title: Admiral of the Ocean Sea .But they found no gold fields nor spices, so his disastrous alternative was to go on a slave raid. Columbus and his men rounded up 1500 Arawak men, women, and children ... goods and good sources. Within a decade of Christopher Columbus's arrival the native population decreased from one million to thirty thousand. Christopher is a far cry from a hero. When he reached the Caribbean in 1492 he had little interest...

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... for gold. During the 1400's Europe had been searching for new trade routes to India and when Spain sent Christopher Columbus he found the West Indies or the present day Caribbean. The King then sent more men to mine the silver and gold found there. The King was sending men to cultivate the land into money for himself. When Christopher Columbus ... of America to mine gold, silver, and collect such things as spices all for the profit of Europeans. The development of mines in America allowed for new system of trade. Sea routes to the America's allowed for raw materials to enter a country a...

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To be precise America has never had a large empire other than the mainland and a couple islands in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, which were most or all gained from the Spanish American war. The British on the other hand, have had a huge empire which contained around 25% of the world's total landmass. ... ...

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... for gold. During the 1400's Europe had been searching for new trade routes to India and when Spain sent Christopher Columbus he found the West Indies or the present day Caribbean. The King then sent more men to mine the silver and gold found there. The King was sending men to cultivate the land into money for himself. When Christopher Columbus ... of America to mine gold, silver, and collect such things as spices all for the profit of Europeans. The development of mines in America allowed for new system of trade. Sea routes to the America's allowed for raw materials to enter a country a...

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