4-14

hernan cortes 

background 

born 1485 crown of castle 

died december 2 1547 catilleja de la cesta 

nationality spanish 

spouse catilina suares marcaida 

kids martin cortes leonor cortes moctezuma 

19 he began sailing to the americas is a family acquaintance know as nicoas de ovando y caceres 

the brand new ship was commanded by a man known as alonso quintero 

the ship members all sailed to hispaniola whee cortes then became a citizen and a farmer 

hernan was in chaarfe of explorning the interior of mexoco for the colonization of the spanish 

he was told he no longer had to charter sail but he id anyway and ended up hving 13 ships 500 men and 13 horses and quite a bit of cannons 

1519 he claims the land for the spanish empire 

as he went through the land he hired more men and got more horses and made his army larger 

he ended up winning a battle against natives americans in tabasco 

he didnt doscover mexico but he lead the destruction of the aztec empire 

sebastian cabot 

background 

dad as john cabot 

born 1476 bristol goucestershire 

died 1557 

cortaugrapher 

he made a voyafe to north america with his father 

was a cartographer to king henry VIII in 1512

1525 explored rio de la plata 

3 ships 

was banned to africa 

parana and paraguay rivers 

sancti spiritus found 

silver 1527

sir francis drake 

born travistock united kingdom 1540

died jan 27 1596

nickname el draque spanish draco latin

pirate illicit slave trader navigator politician and privateer 

south america in 1557 

spanish armada was destroyed 

spanish treasures were stolen 

looked at as more of a pirate 

circumnavigated the flobe from 1577-80

help deafeated the spanish armada in 1588

the most renowned seaman of the elizabeth era 

king philip II of spain 

20,000 ducats = 2.3 million US dollars 

1557 queen elizabeth sent him to south america 

1581knighted by elizabeth I

1582travels to florida from england

ronoke island 

E-mail me when people leave their comments –

You need to be a member of History 360 to add comments!

Join History 360

eXTReMe Tracker