HIS 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Juan De La Cosa, Outer Banks, Triangular Trade
4 Apr 2018
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The discovery of america and over seas empire - the atlantic triangle trade and slavery: West african coast: he has the idea, if i go west, i will get east, there were different understandings of how big the world is. H: he believed if he sailed west, the first thing he would find is the outer islands and banks of. So he goes to the portuguese crown and proposes his offer: when they say no, he decides to go to the spanish crown and pitch his offer, he does not receive the money from the crown. Instead the trip is underwritten from bankers from genoa. Slaves often originated from west african, coastal countries: conclusions, travel was for commerce, missionary zeal, and to more accurately define the world, done by any european country possible, the atlantic slave trade was ruthless, exploitative system. Sometimes europe is savage: the columbian exchange create new consumption patterns across the world, the idea of the other.
