Spanish Exploration

Treaty of Tordesillas

Geographic Revolution and Columbian Exchange

Race for land - England: John Cabot

Spanish Exploration:

Amerigo Vespucci

Vasco Nunez de Balboa

Ferdinand Magellan

Portugal: Pedro Alvares Cabral

Martin Waldeemüller

Spanish Exploration and Conquest of Mexico

Hernan Cortes

Malinali

Montezuma

Francisco Pizarro

Juan Ponce de Leon

Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon

Panfilo de Narvaez

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

Hernando de Soto

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Spaniards vs. Aztecs

New Spain in the Sixteenth Century

Royal Fifth

Encomienda System

Social Hierachy defined by national origin or race