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1499 - 1502 Amerigo Vespucci
Florentine
Sailed for spain … sailed down south america
Americas are named for him.
1519 - Magellan sets off, sails around South America. Died around the Philippines Crew completes Voyage 1522.
Cortez
Pizarro Conquistadors
By 1535 - have set up colonies in South America.
Spanish Colonialism
Defeat & destroy cultures in south and central america.
Interbreed, resulted in Mestizos (mixed native american european descent)
Encomienda - type of slavery
Jesuit Missionaries
Converting people to Catholicism
By the mid 1500’s … not enough native population left.
To fulfill demand for american goods.
Slavery from Africa.