GGR240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Staples Thesis, Scientific Racism, Latifundium
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So why: its crucial role in the colonization of the americas. Maritime technology and imperial ambitions to explore the ocean and claim land. So in 14 and 15 century it becomes a highway to bring resource and enriching the emprial state. : a replica of the nina, one of columbus"s ships. Birth of the conquistadors: the end of the reconquista at granada, 1492 (francisco pradilla y ortiz, capitulaci n de granada [1882]) Portuguese sailors first made contact with the african slave trade in the mid-15th century, probably along the coast of what is now mauritania. Stepping stones for colonialism: the azores, madeira, and the canary slands (these are still spanish island, and the canary is the portugese, so this island provided good resources for trees and as well as fishing. The guanche kings of tenerife (canary islands) surrender to the spanish conquistador.
