Explorers We Know Today

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Explorers We Know Today

• This show was brought to you by the magnificent
  minds of Megan Dariya

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Marco Polo

• One of the famous explorers was born, it was in
  1254 whom later died in 1324. This explorer was
  born in a town in Spain, called Venice. But he
  never met his mother (she died) and was raised by
  his aunt and uncle.
• He learned to read and write while his father and
  uncle were merchants together.
• When he was 17 he went on his first trip to
  China, with his father and uncle over the silk
  road. The silk road is an over the land route to
  China.

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Continuing Marco Polo

• After being in China for 17 years he sailed home
  and brought back black ivory, jewels , jade, also
  silk, and porcelain . He told the Italian people
  of the Chineses amazing use of coal, money, and
  compasses.
• Soon he met a famous writer named Rustichello who
  wrote a book about his travels called THE BOOK OF
  TRAVELS.
• Then he died in 1324.

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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado

• Francisco was born in the year of 1510 and died
  because of heath died in between 1552-1554. he
  was born in Salamanca, Spain. He left home one
  day because his parents promised their money to
  his eldest brother.
• In 1535 and 1539 Francisco was sent to the new
  land by Admiral Mendoza to find the 7 city's of
  gold and clam them for Spain. The 7 citys were
  told to have houses and streets of gold and
  silver.

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Continuing Francisco

• In 1540 he set out with 300 solders and about
  1,000 Indians Francisco led his army of 1,300 to
  what someday would become Arizona and New Mexico.
  After finding the Zuni Indians he captured them
  and when he did he found out that he was in
  Cibolo with no riches.
• Part of the army of Francisco camped at the
  villages of Cibolo others, others made separate
  trips to find the 7 citys of gold. They were the
  ones who met up with the Pueblo Indians who lived
  in Mexico.

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Francisco Again

• They were the first Europeans to travel up the
  Rio Grande finding many Indian camps also they
  discovered the Grand Canyon then his army spent
  the winter of 1540 in a place called Tiquex (an
  Pueblo village on the Rio Grande). When it was
  spring they went south and right across Texas,
  and Kansas looking for the Grand Quivera a land
  of gold and silver. Also they were the first
  Europeans to explore the whole southern United
  states. Upset and discouraged they returned to
  Tiquex in the winter 1541 then returned to new
  Galicia.

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Francisco

• He was later accused of abusing Indians. Charges
  were eventually removed but he was no longer
  governor (for trying so hard).
• Then he died from heath in between 1552-1554.

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Amerigo Vespucci

• Amerigo was born on the date of march 18 1454 in
  a town called Florence, Italy and died later in
  1512 from Malarica. When he was a boy he was sent
  to Seville Spain to help ships get what they
  needed for their journeys. Amerigo also supplied
  Columbus ships with tools and food on the 34
  journeys to the new land.
• Amerigo went to the south area of the new land
  and was the very first European to see Brazil.
  Amerigo also the first European to explore the
  mouth of the Amazon river.

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Continuing Amerigo

• Amerigo was convinced that he could get through
  what is now America, by a passage to Asia he went
  back to the new world sponsored by the country of
  Portugal.
• Amerigo estimated the worlds size was within 50
  miles of its real size!!! When he returned to
  Portugal even if he had not explored the islands
  in Asia he had discovered a continent between
  Asia and Europe. That was unknown to Europeans.
  

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Amerigo Again

• America was named after Amerigo because he
  realized it was not part of Asia but a new land.
  Even if Columbus was the first European to
  explore America so the a map maker named Martin
  made a map of the new land and suggested it be
  named after Amerigo for all his expeditions in
  1497.
• Then he died in 1512.

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Hernando Cortez

• He was born in the small town of Medellin in the
  southwestern Spain in the 1485.
• When he was about 18 he sailed of the island of
  Hispaniola, Spanish headquarters in West Indian.
• Conquering the Aztec Empire Jean de Grigalva
  reported his discovery in the Mexico in the 1518
  Velesquez he picket Corter to help them build a
  colony there soon suspected Contez he didnt want
  to build his orders, cancelled the expedition.
  

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Continuing Hernando

• Indians out numbered the Spaniards 300 to 1.
• In November 8,1519 Cortez reached tenochtitlan
  (Mexico city) it was graciously received by
  Montezuma, Aztec emperor
• When he seized Montezuma forced him to surrender
  the attackers that he had them executed
• He died in 1521.

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