brother left she began to make arrangements with Ferdinand. However‚ she had to find him. So she sent out noblemen to search for him and he was finally found in Sicily‚ Italy. He braved a trip back to Spain and married Isabella in 1469. This began the thirty-five year joint rule of a unified Spain by the Catholic Monarchs. Isabella had five children with Ferdinand which include: Isabella‚ Queen of Portugal‚ John‚ Prince of Asturias‚ Joanna I‚ Queen of Castile‚ Maria‚ Queen of Portugal‚ and Catherine
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to land .all was DUBBED AS DISASTROVs EXPEDITIOn by the king of spain -Villalobos Expedition -Ruy Lopez Villalobos .mission: to find the spice island .on november 1‚ 1524 he left Mexico .to resolve this problem‚ he directed bernados dela torre to tanday (samar) island to look for food. .the chieftain of tanday (Makandala) .in gratitude to Makandala‚ Villalobos named samar as Filipinas in honor of king philip II of spain the son of king Charles .then they resume their mission but later
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in India and Southern Arabia. The Spanish‚ after having expelled the last of the Muslims from the Iberian Peninsula in 1492‚ were eager to join in this exploration. An Italian sailor named Christopher Columbus approached Fernidand and Isabella of Spain with an interesting proposal: he wanted to sail west to reach China and East Asia. This expedition was financed and Columbus sailed west‚ reaching what he
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SPANISH MUSIC & DANCE CULTURE Spain is known for it’s unique music and dance culture that has helped influence the way we see music today. The Spanish culture is filled with traditional music and dance that many other Spanish speaking countries have taken the art and modified it into their own culture. Music and dance‚ a huge part of the Spanish culture‚ has many different varieties that gets the whole Spanish community up out of their seats‚ partying. The music of Spanish culture is mostly
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My Essay is a discussion of the causes for the Age of Discovery‚ and the early colonization of the Americas‚ the Age of Discovery occurred in Europe‚ in the mid 15th to 16th centuries‚ and describes the time period in which Europe; predominantly Spain; set out to discover a new safe passage to the Indies‚ and Asia. The impetus for the discovery was the continued unrest in the Middle East after the Crusaders had returned to Europe. I will discuss how these events influenced the discovery of the Americas
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During the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries‚ France‚ Spain and England were countries lead by rulers. These rulers were kings‚ princes and in some cases Queens. These leaders took advantage of their power simply because they had the right too‚ but nevertheless were sometimes just and fair leaders. According to The Prince written and published in the sixteenth century by Machiavelli‚ princes needed to be both foxes and lions‚ both clever and fierce. Although these many and different leaders
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Lecture Two: Early Settlement of North America I. The Vikings: First European Visitors to the New World: --Vikings: groups of seafaring warriors from Scandinavia region (modern day Sweden‚ Norway‚ Denmark) most of them small farmers. --Between 750-1050 A.D. clans and family groups unite and begin raiding expeditions to Russia and Western Europe in search of agricultural produce and other riches. --By the end of the first millennia AD (late 9th century-10th century) a small group of
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allowed merchants to charge lower prices for imported Eastern goods 3. The government of which country sponsored Christopher Columbus’s 1492 exploration? a. Spain 4. How did Ferdinand and Isabella react to Columbus’s first voyage? a. They believed Spain could challenge Portuguese dominance of the seas 5. The Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal in 1494 a. 6. The Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvars Cabral accidentally made land fall in a. Brazil 7. What was the significance of Magellan’s
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To what extent is Flamenco iconic of Spanish cultural identity? The passionate imagery conjured by the flamenco art form of colour‚ life and exoticness are characteristics often associated with perceptions of Spain. In saying that‚ within contemporary society flamenco has now become an icon of “Spanish culture” however the degree to which its resemblance accurately portrays Spanish‚ or more specifically the Spanish nation’s cultural identity is limited due to it being more an expression of regional
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The astrolabe was used by sailors to better determine there location at sea. Additionally‚ sailors used the magnetic compass which allowed them to more accurately track their direction. The rivalry between Spain and Portugal grew significantly after Columbus reached the Americans. Spain believed that
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