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
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