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Now the Hudson bay and strait are very important passage ways for trading and sailing. They are important to all the Americans and if Henry Hudson hadn't discovered these amazing passage ways then the America's wouldn't of been at all as developed as they are today.

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Henry Hudson has one of the most important impacts in history. Years have now passed and Hudson has had multiple journeys just because of ice. He then found the Hudson Bay but never realized it.

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Henry Hudson - Explorer | Mini Bio | BIO

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Now Henry has been commissioned for a second time to find a passage way through notrh Russia. His trip was stopped two times just because of ice, and then sailed back home.

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Henry Hudson - Exploration - HISTORY.com

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Find out more about the history of Henry Hudson, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

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Now it's 1607 Henry Hudson has been commissioned by the Muscovy company to find a faster trade trade rout from Euroup to Asia.

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Francisco ended up bringing guns, steel, horses, and germs. The Incas civilization is now changed for ever. New leader means new rules, and a whole lot of trouble

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Francisco Pizarro - Exploration - HISTORY.com

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Find out more about the history of Francisco Pizarro, including videos, interesting articles, pictures, historical features and more. Get all the facts on HISTORY.com

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After multiple years of sailing, Francisco found his fame. He conquered the Incas. He became very greedy and killed all the Incas even though they paid there ransoms. Later a fight broke out with his partner because they both wanted to be in charge and hog all the fame. Pizzarro then killed him.

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Francisco Pizarro - Explorer | Mini Bio | BIO

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He then found funding and was able to sail south of panama where he then found little gold but still some. This was great because later people gave funding so he would be able to sail again and look for more treasure

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It's 1509 and Francisco Pizarro has started a new expedition and has founded the city of San Sebastian. He joined the expedition of Nunez de Balboa and also found the Pacific ocean.

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The Aztec civilization is now under control by Cortes and hos team. Tenochtitlan is now New Mexico and is completly changed just because one man.

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Multiple years later Cortes found his riches and gold by conquering the Aztecs. Cortes has made many changes to this empire including a new religion, no more sacrifices, new tactics in mind, and a new deadly disease.

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Later on Cortes decides to seek fortune, fame, and adventure. He will find an empire to destroy and will show his accomplishments the the king of Spain. Now it's 1504 and time to set sail for the New World.

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In Spain is young Hernando Cortes is a young poor boy who is dreaming of Christopher Columbus and his many adventures. He has heard many stories of the brave man and now looks up to him like he's a super hero. Now Hernando Cortes has a plan for his "wealthy" future.

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Born around 1485 in Medellín, Spain, Cortés first served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba led by Diego Velázquez in 1511. In 1519 Cortés was to command his own expedition to Mexico, but Velázquez cancelled it. Cortés ignored the order and traveled with about 500 men and 11 ships to Mexico.

Born in Medellín, Spain, conquistador Hernán Cortés (c. 1485-1547) first served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba led by Diego Velázquez in 1511. He ignored orders and traveled to Mexico with about 500 men and 11 ships in 1519, setting his sights on overthrowing ruler Montezuma II in the Aztec capital of Tenochitilán. The Aztecs eventually drove the Spanish from Tenochitilán, but Cortés returned to defeat the natives and take the city in 1521. He spent much of his later years seeking recognition for his achievements and support from the Spanish royal court.

Born around 1485 in Medellín, Spain, Cortés first served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba led by Diego Velázquez in 1511. In 1519 Cortés was to command his own expedition to Mexico, but Velázquez cancelled it. Cortés ignored the order and traveled with about 500 men and 11 ships to Mexico.

Cortés became allies with some of the native peoples he encountered, but with others he used deadly force to conquer Mexico. He fought Tlaxacan and Cholula warriors and then set his sights on taking over the Aztec empire. He marched to Tenochitilán, the Aztec capital and home to ruler Montezuma II. Cortés took Montezuma hostage and his soldiers raided the city. Cortés left the city after learning that Spanish troops were coming to arrest him for disobeying orders. He returned to Tenochitilán to find a rebellion in progress. The Aztecs eventually drove the Spanish from the city, but Cortés returned again to defeat them and take the city in 1521. After this victory, Cortés continued to seek opportunities to gain wealth and land. He sent more expeditions out into new areas, including what is present-day Honduras. He spent much of his later years seeking recognition for his achievements and support from the Spanish royal court. He died in Spain in 1547.

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Born around 1485 in Medellín, Spain, Cortés first served as a soldier in an expedition of Cuba led by Diego Velázquez in 1511. In 1519 Cortés was to command his own expedition to Mexico, but Velázquez cancelled it. Cortés ignored the order and traveled with about 500 men and 11 ships to Mexico.

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The New world is now filled with English settlers and has new livestock, new plants, and new diseases. I f he had not done this then the America's wouldn't of been a tall as developed as they are today

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Christopher Columbus and the Age of Discovery

During the 15th and 16th centuries, leaders of several European nations sponsored expeditions abroad in the hope that explorers would find great wealth and vast undiscovered lands. The Portuguese were the earliest participants in this " Age of Discovery," also known as " Age of Exploration."

Starting in about 1420, small Portuguese ships known as caravels zipped along the African coast, carrying spices, gold and other goods as well as enslaved people from Asia and Africa to Europe.

Did you know? Christopher Columbus was not the first person to propose that a person could reach Asia by sailing west from Europe. In fact, scholars argue that the idea is almost as old as the idea that the Earth is round. (That is, it dates back to early Rome.)

Other European nations, particularly Spain, were eager to share in the seemingly limitless riches of the "Far East." By the end of the 15th century, Spain's " Reconquista "-the expulsion of Jews and Muslims out of the kingdom after centuries of war-was complete, and the nation turned its attention to exploration and conquest in other areas of the world.

Early Life and Nationality

Christopher Columbus, the son of a wool merchant, is believed to have been born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451. When he was still a teenager, he got a job on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1476, when pirates attacked his ship as it sailed north along the Portuguese coast.

The boat sank, but the young Columbus floated to shore on a scrap of wood and made his way to Lisbon, where he eventually studied mathematics, astronomy, cartography and navigation. He also began to hatch the plan that would change the world forever.

Christopher Columbus' First Voyage

At the end of the 15th century, it was nearly impossible to reach Asia from Europe by land. The route was long and arduous, and encounters with hostile armies were difficult to avoid. Portuguese explorers solved this problem by taking to the sea: They sailed south along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope.

But Columbus had a different idea: Why not sail west across the Atlantic instead of around the massive African continent? The young navigator's logic was sound, but his math was faulty. He argued (incorrectly) that the circumference of the Earth was much smaller than his contemporaries believed it was; accordingly, he believed that the journey by boat from Europe to Asia should be not only possible, but comparatively easy via an as-yet undiscovered Northwest Passage.

He presented his plan to officials in Portugal and England, but it was not until 1492 that he found a sympathetic audience: the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.

Columbus wanted fame and fortune. Ferdinand and Isabella wanted the same, along with the opportunity to export Catholicism to lands across the globe. (Columbus, a devout Catholic, was equally enthusiastic about this possibility.)

Columbus' contract with the Spanish rulers promised that he could keep 10 percent of whatever riches he found, along with a noble title and the governorship of any lands he should encounter.

Where Did Columbus' Ships, Niña, Pinta and Santa Maria, Land?

On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, the ships made landfall-not in the East Indies, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands, likely San Salvador.

For months, Columbus sailed from island to island in what we now know as the Caribbean, looking for the "pearls, precious stones, gold, silver, spices, and other objects and merchandise whatsoever" that he had promised to his Spanish patrons, but he did not find much. In January 1493, leaving several dozen men behind in a makeshift settlement on Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic), he left for Spain.

He kept a detailed diary during his first voyage. Christopher Columbus's journal was written between August 3, 1492, and November 6, 1492 and mentions everything from the wildlife he encountered, like dolphins and birds, to the weather to the moods of his crew. More troublingly, it also recorded his initial impressions of the local people and his argument for why they should be enslaved.

"They... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks' bells," he wrote. "They willingly traded everything they owned... They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron... They would make fine servants... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."

Columbus gifted the journal to Isabella upon his return.

Christopher Columbus's Later Voyages

About six months later, in September 1493, Columbus returned to the Americas. He found the Hispaniola settlement destroyed and left his brothers Bartolomeo and Diego Columbus behind to rebuild, along with part of his ships' crew and hundreds of enslaved indigenous people.

Then he headed west to continue his mostly fruitless search for gold and other goods. His group now included a large number of indigenous people the Europeans had enslaved. In lieu of the material riches he had promised the Spanish monarchs, he sent some 500 enslaved people to Queen Isabella. The queen was horrified-she believed that any people Columbus "discovered" were Spanish subjects who could not be enslaved-and she promptly and sternly returned the explorer's gift.

In May 1498, Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic for the third time. He visited Trinidad and the South American mainland before returning to the ill-fated Hispaniola settlement, where the colonists had staged a bloody revolt against the Columbus brothers' mismanagement and brutality. Conditions were so bad that Spanish authorities had to send a new governor to take over.

Meanwhile, the native Taino population, forced to search for gold and to work on plantations, was decimated (within 60 years after Columbus landed, only a few hundred of what may have been 250,000 Taino were left on their island). Christopher Columbus was arrested and returned to Spain in chains.

In 1502, cleared of the most serious charges but stripped of his noble titles, the aging Columbus persuaded the Spanish crown to pay for one last trip across the Atlantic. This time, Columbus made it all the way to Panama-just miles from the Pacific Ocean-where he had to abandon two of his four ships after damage from storms and hostile natives. Empty-handed, the explorer returned to Spain, where he died in 1506.

Legacy of Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the Americas, nor was he even the first European to visit the "New World." (Viking explorer Leif Erikson had sailed to Greenland and Newfoundland in the 11th century.)

However, his journey kicked off centuries of exploration and exploitation on the American continents. The Columbian Exchange transferred people, animals, food and disease across cultures. Old World wheat became an American food staple. African coffee and Asian sugar cane became cash crops for Latin America, while American foods like corn, tomatoes and potatoes were introduced into European diets.

Today, Columbus has a controversial legacy -he is remembered as a daring and path-breaking explorer who transformed the New World, yet his actions also unleashed changes that would eventually devastate the native populations he and his fellow explorers encountered.

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Christopher Columbus - Facts, Voyage & Discovery

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The explorer Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. His most famous was his first voyage, commanding the ships the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria to the Americas.

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Years passed, and it's 1492. Columbus has started the Colombian Exchange Route to the new world. Columbus has done this by inspiring men and woman to cross the Atlantic ocean and go to the New World( The Americas ) and trade goods. Now more people are heading towards the New World.

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It's 1477, and Christopher Columbus has begun a series of voyages and will last for the next seven years. He has three ships to take with him including the Santa Maria, the Nina, and the Pinta . He does not know all the information that will happen later on but we know that it changed history.

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It's 1465 and Christopher Columbus is 14 years old and is going to sea for the first time because of a new job. He doesn't quit know that he has a passion for sailing but will soon find out. But for now he will continue his new job of cleaning the decks on a man's ship.

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Columbus Day: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail | History