HIST 1377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bartolomeu Dias, John Cabot, Manhattan
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Incentives for colonization: the search for new land; developed from the economic and social problems of england in the 16th century, england became heavily populated, land reduction and availability to the people. Mercantilism - the belief that one could possibly become rich at the expense of another. Immigrations of found land: france quebec 1608, england jamestown 1607; new found land, holland new netherlands; manhattan island, spain florida. Columbus landed in the bahamas and cuba, on his first voyage. 1498, columbus reached and lived in south america. First english voyage led by john cabot. In 1486, bartolomeu dias sailed around the southern tip of africa (the cape of. In 1513, vasco de balboa, crossed the isthmus of panama and discovered the. French were friends with the natives in quebec. Incas created largest empire in the americas. Recent scholars suggest some early inhabitants of the americas sailed from asia. European crops: sugar, bananas, cattle, pigs, sheep, horses.
