IBERIANS IN AMERICA

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IBERIANS IN AMERICA
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1488 Bartholomeu Dias 1492 Columbus 's first
voyage 1494 The Treaty of Tordesillas 1498
Vasco Da Gama 1519-1522 Magellan
circumnavigates the earth
1519-1521 Cortes' conquest of Mexico 1530-1533
Pizarro--Peru (Inca) 1564 Philippines occ'ed by
Spain 1580-1640 Spain and Portugal unified
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Columbus tomb in Seville
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Cortes
Moctezuma (Montezuma)
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• What pushed the Europeans ?
• Impact on population
• Gold and silver mines
• Impact of silver on world economy
• Plantations
• Sugar
• New World and the Old

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GREAT DYING (Population in million)
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Potosi mines
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Potosi mines, Bolivia
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Plantations

• Forced labor
• Depends on continued import of slaves
• Large scale factory-like organization
• Owner has complete control
• Specialized production for distant markets
• Political control from overseas

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• What pushed the Europeans ?
• Impact on population
• Gold and silver mines
• Impact of silver on world economy
• Plantations
• Sugar
• New World and the Old

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Sugar mill
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• Economic impact
• New commodities
• Profits from trade
• Shipping technology
• New sources of bullion
• Inflation
• Creation of a global network
• Political Impact
• Strengthen states
• Change in balance of power with the Middle East
• Intellectual Impact
• Knowledge
• Challenge Religion
• Nutritional Impact
• Columbian Exchange

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Columbian Exchange

• New World
• Corn, potato tomato, peppers, chocolate, vanilla,
  tobacco, beans, pumpkin, avocado, peanuts, pecan,
  cashew, pineapple, sunflower

• Old World
• Horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, chickens, honeybee,
  wheat, rice, barley, oats, soy, sugar cane,
  onion, lettuce, citrus, banana, olive, tulips

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