The Spaniards‚ the Chinese‚ and the French In the 15th century‚ Spain became the originator of the age of exploration. To begin with‚ the Renaissance had recently started and there was an eager love for culture and exploration. Art was an extremely important part of culture in Spain. Gothic art was probably one of the largest styles of art in Spain‚ this was a result of the Cistercian Order. Examples of this style of art are the monasteries of Poblet and Santes Creus and the Cathedrals of Leon‚ Burgos
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Hist 231 Book Assignment By: Billy Shuping The article “The Jamestown Project‚” Kupperman enclose the four hundredth year anniversary of Jamestown. To revisit the view of England to the New World‚ one hundred years behind they’re enemy’s the Spain. This paper will analyze Kupperman’s article with arguments‚ viewpoints‚ and examples to express the reason on how Jamestown survived through trial and error to stay a colony today. In May 1607 a party of just over a hundred men and boys landed on
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Christopher Columbus’ Letter of Discovery rose‚ very quickly‚ to the top of European publishing in 1493. His letter spread the news of his voyage‚ in which Columbus claims to have discovered and captured multiple islands in the Indian Ocean in Asia. Obviously‚ Columbus was way off in his topography and actually landed in what we know now as Haiti/the Dominican Republic and Cuba. While exaggerating size and wealth‚ he also claimed‚ wrongly‚ that China was nearby. In the letter‚ Columbus is essentially
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Geography This category is going to tell you a lot about the Spanish geography and how it really played a big role in Spanish riches. The first artifact is a bottle of water but the water in it is from the Atlantic Ocean. I am using this because Spain is right by the Atlantic Ocean and a lot of important events in history happened in the Atlantic Ocean like the finding of the Aztec
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objectives‚ which fueled the exploration of the New World. The age of exploration was filled with courageous voyagers and conquistadors from all over Europe‚ much like today. There was much competition for land rights. The main land disputes were between Spain and Portugal. The Spanish monarchy was stronger than ever before and in a position to support foreign ventures; it could bear the costs and dangers of exploration. But‚ "Portugal situated on the extreme southwestern edge of the European continent
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was not enough for them. Many mestizos wanted to rule their country and not depend so much on the monarch of Spain. The war between England
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Spanish Explorers Motivation The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case‚ the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez‚ both of which are from Spain‚ and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas‚ it is important to understand
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the new monarchs had to make: including weakening powerful rivals‚ increasing revenue‚ unifying the country‚ and strengthening the power of the king and his bureaucracy. Three countries successful in strengthening themselves were France‚ England and Spain. To create and sustain a new monarchy kings have to introduce many changes. At the early 15th century there was political fragmentation‚ where countries were not unified and had many separate rulers governing small areas. At that time the nobility
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instruments played with the plectrum or pick and generally known as plectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain‚ especially in Catalunya. Aragon‚ Murcia‚ and Valencia. The tradition was later taken to Spanish America and elsewhere. The word rondaila is from the Spanish ronda‚ meaning "serenade." The rondalia has its origins in the playing bands from Spain (as well as ’New Spain’‚ namely Mexico) that were forerunners of the present-day rondalia and included four types: groups of young men
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The Europeans did not really have an interest in sailing the world and exploring foreign lands‚ but that all changed by the 1400s. What led to the Europeans wanting to explore the world was the desire to grow rich and to spread Christianity‚ coupled with advances in sailing technology‚ spurred an age of European exploration. The main motive for exploring the world was the the desire for new sources of wealth. The Europeans figured that overseas trade would bring a lot of wealth their way through
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