HIS 2361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Columbian Exchange, Jean Ribault, French Leave
1 Feb 2017
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France is busy with other things, a young sate, wars are going on, disease, famine, royal debt and bankruptcy from all these wars. Hapsburg have the money to fund the explorations. Spanish money fuels the colonial enterprise, they also found silver there to add to wealth. Were closer in proximity as well, have already been exploring africa. France had more competition/ neighbours to compete with at home, spain and portugal had less. France did not nd a short cut to asia, or any mineral wealth. Giovanni caboto ( jean or john cabot) -1497: sailed under english name for england. Gaspar and miguel corte real -1501-1502: returned for second journey and are lost at sea, left rather few traces. Migratory sheries and whaling: french sher men, not political claims/ did not have the power to claim, did not want more people to share their secret shing spot. The world is divided by the papal bulls: decrees, aterni regid (1481)
