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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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Was the Age of Exploration a time of discovery or invasion? Respond below. 

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The Age of Exploration was definitely a clash between discovery and invasion. If it were not for the exploring of the time, we might have not advanced and moved to lands as quickly as we did and might have taken longer. However, it was still really an invasion for the natives who already had lived in the area for several years and had their own belief system and just because of their actions had their total belief system and even their ways of life totally destroyed and shifted due to mans greed for wanting glory and owning the world at stake. It is a hard choice to make, but I feel like it was more so an invasion. Plus, the land was not founded by them when it had already been occupied by the natives who lived there.

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Source 1 is that the English arrive in North America in the 1580's. This is when France starts to become involved in the process of looking at the New World.

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Hernan Cortes, the infamous Spanish explorer, went to the New World in 1519 and claimed land that belonged to natives, killed natives, took gold and riches, and practically ended the Aztec civilization. Prior to this, Aztecs were doing okay until they started receiving hints that something bad was going to happen: a comet was spotted flying in the sky, a nearby lake got flooded, and then a popular temple of theirs randomly burnt down. When Cortes and his men did not follow orders and went out to New World, they took all the goods and items they could and then started to kill people. They even burnt down innocent peoples boats so they would not be able to flee from the city.

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Explorers during the time of the Age of Exploration were seeking for new lands, or at least new lands to them, that they could take over and call their own and say that the place in which they had discovered had now belonged to their country. When explorers reached these new lands, they stole from any people that maybe living there, killed people, enslaved them, an etc. The natives that lived in the area would be very confused and believe that these people who are trying to take over their lands were gods. While the explorers raided cities and stole from the, they would try to convert all the people to Christianity, which was unsuccessful. Due to the actions of the explorers, the Aztec civilization practically ended and many had died by that time but those who had not were now ruled by Spain mostly.

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Queen Elizabeth's orders a man named Sir Walter Raleigh to have a voyage to North America in the year 1584.

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The Aztec people had their own way of living and own beliefs. They were polytheistic, worked together in society, and took signs seriously. The Aztecs were at first confused when the explorers came but the started to think that Hernan was a god and worshipped him and did anything he told them to do. He would instruct people to bring him gold and spices. The Aztecs were nice to the explorers and even showed them around to the city of Tenochtitlan. They continued to believe he was a god until Hernan got scared they would soon realize he was in fact not a god and would make him leave, so he started quickly killing people and taking anything he could or his crew could get their hands on.

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Explorers and people from Spain had different beliefs and religion from those whom they conquered. The explorers for the majority believed in one god and believed in Christianity. The people whom they conquered were polytheistic, meaning that they believed and worshipped many gods. The explorers thought that mythical lands in the Bible existed in the new land and that actually motivated people to go looking for them when they did not in fact exist. The natives would pray to multiple gods and offer them gifts. Before the explorers ever came, they thought that something bad was coming due to the fact they spotted a comet in the sky, and a temple had somehow burned down.

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Journal entries from a French explorer named Jacques Cartier. He is one of the most famed French explorers of all time.

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When the Aztecs led Cortes to Montezuma, they wanted him to meet their king, King of the Aztecs. The explorers were given lots of gifts of gold, exotic foods, spices, and other items too. However, the killings that had occurred earlier had spread across the lands of the Aztec people. People started to get scared because he had made those people believe he was a god as well but then he decided once more to just have people killed and take items, and some of the crew attempted to convert people to Christianity.

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Gold was a very important item to find or behold. It was valuable and worth a lot and finding gold and selling gold meant having good fortune. Many explorers traveled far distances in search of gold. They also looked for other valuable items such as silver, but gold was a primary search. When explorers found any gold, they would take it without hesitating, even if it belonged to someone else, then they would steal it.

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An account of John Smith's encounter with natives.

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At this point, people knew who Hernan and his crew were so they knew he was not a god. While people were terrified and did not know what to do, the Governor of Cuba had sent out an arrest party for him. A search party went out looking for them, but sure enough Cortes and his crew killed the search party. The explorers continued to just raid cities and take over anything they could. Disease spread such as smallpox and were given to thousands and killed thousands from both sides. Aztec attempted to save their cities, but eventually gave up and surrendered. Now, to current day and time, the ruins from Tenochtitlan have become Mexico city.

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Glory during the Age of Exploration was what all the explorers who were searching for land wanted. They wanted to have the fame and say that they had founded a settlement in the new worlds being explored. The more land your country owns, the more power the country you live in is. Explorers of the time also wanted to be able to pass own their ideas bout things, whether it be religious beliefs or scientific beliefs or anything in general, they wanted to be able to say that they did that and receive glory and a sense of self empowerment from it.

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French encounter Jacques Cartier planting a cross in front of a group of Native Americans. Similar to that in which Spain tries to convert natives, but this is a much settler approach, much more rational like.

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Did Cortes embody the human spirit of exploration and acquisition of knowledge?

Cortes did help others become known of people and cities that existed during that time, but he did not execute well enough made plans as to how to deal with situations that could occur. He did educate himself or others of the peoples culture & traditions, but instead tried to make the natives believe in his beliefs. So, as a whole, I do not think he really helped.

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Spices were another valuable thing during this time. Spice was even more valuable to most than gold. If someone had spice, and traded spice, they were very wealthy. A variety of different spices were traded, and special routes were created just for the trading of spices. Trading posts were also in place. People even sailed far distances, people such as merchants, to sell or gather spices to make profit out of. Many people also obviously used spices for cooking since they had a vital importance in making food.

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Journal entry of an encounter between the English & Powhatan Indians that came after the marriage between Pocahontas & John Rolfe. This represents how they got along, even to the point of some people from two different backgrounds and colors being together in a relationship.

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Trades routes were established mainly for items like gold, spices, food, silver, maps, and even ideas to be traded. Many people could meet new people and get to them if they came from different cultures and backgrounds by going to trading settlements or meeting them through the routes. People traveled the routes on water by boat. Some also traveled through land. There were risks such as tribes of people or barbarians attacking, but people did the best they could to get a good trade deal.

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French colonists and the native Americans trading furs with one another in Canada.

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Henry the Navigator was an explorer for Portugal, and he conducted many voyages, including Portugal's first ever voyage. His voyages were different from most though because he covered more land when he explored an area. He used portolan charts to find the lands he was looking for, and due to this, he found Madeira Islands in 1419 & Azores in 1427. Henry had a few specific goals as to why he was exploring lands, and the following were: new trade routes for trading, spices, to map the coast of Africa, stop spread of Muslim kingdoms, and find a mythical empire of Prester John. He went on to create a sailing school, map the coast of Africa, and many other accomplishments.

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Were the English and French any different from the Spanish when they reached the New World?

The English and French may of had a few similarities to the Spanish, but were very different from them. A similarity between them was that they both tried to show their religious beliefs to the native people, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but they did it in two different ways. The French were more settle and let them either pick Christianity or their own beliefs and did not really pressure them. However, the Spanish were more demanding and tried to quickly have all natives convert. A difference between them is the overall relationships they had with natives.  English/French were more accepting or at least at first to them. The Spanish were sneaky and cruel to them, taking everything they had and harming innocent natives. Basically, the Spanish explorers were harsh acting to the natives while English/French explorers were more so welcoming, even though they were still a little uncertain.

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Christopher Columbus was also yet another explorer that was highly famed for what he did in the Age of Exploration. While he was trying to travel to Asia in search for items like silk, spices, gold, and etc, he instead ended up finding America. When he found America, native people already lived there and had been for years, but he enslaved many, killed many, and helped claim land for his country. People still celebrate him and say that he found America, but yet people already lived there.

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Were these motives and causes for exploration harmless?

These motives and causes were not all harmless, and in fact had a lot of violence and death associated with them. As explorers explored new lands, they stole, raided, and hurt many innocent people. They did this just so they could get them out of the way so they could take what they wanted and claim it as their own. Maybe the causes themselves were not necessarily too harmful, maybe somewhat but not a lot, but the people who carried out the plans and their actions were the main reasoning for the harmful effects.