HIST 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scurvy, Binot Paulmier De Gonneville, Nicolas Durand De Villegaignon
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The spanish and portuguese persuaded the pope that they owned the world because they were the first explorers. The pope called that papal bull inter caetra. The line which split the portuguese land from the spanish moved every year. They didn"t consult with the natives of any country over there. The kings were becoming very wealthy and could build armies. Gonneville decided to ignore the portuguese claims of the cape of good. He got lost and came ashore on southern brazil. January 1505 he set sail north to france. He brought back a brazilian native person and paraded him around to all of. His expedition was private, out to get rich. Had to find a route around north america to get to asia. He found narrow inlets but never a trail. Said he didn"t find a way but there was prospects for a way: a) Fish was very important for the europeans.