HIS-1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Diego Velázquez, Tlaxcaltec, Encomienda
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Portugal: reconquista- conquest, prince henry the navigator, commercially minded expansion, africa, the indies, azores, cape verde islands. The first voyage 1492: pinzon brothers, isabella and ferdinand, palos, columbus leaves the canary islands sept 6, 1492. Treaty of tordesillas 1494: pope alexander vi spain gets all land west of 370 leagues (1400 miles) past the. Azores: portugal gets everything east of that line. Spain poised for empire: tradition of colonialism/conquest, canary islands, population growth, corps of soldiers, encomienda system, royal fifth. Conquest of the aztec empire: hernan cortes, sets sail for the yucatan, feb 18, 1519 with 550 men, diego velasquez.