MMW 13 Midterm: Comprehensive Notes for Midterm
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Iberian race for trade routes- spain and portugal area: ferdinand and isabella- monarchs in spain who commissioned columbus. also joined together spain. Maya: isabella and ferdinand were confident from their recent defeat of the spanish moors; reason: to find a shorter route to india; landed in san salvador (east. Bahamas): columbus"s expedition 1492- accidently stumbled across the new world, thinking he landed in asia. Maya: columbus sailed across the atlantic from the castilian colony to the canary. Islands: cipangu: japan, columbus thought he stumbled upon the islands of cipangu (japan) when he discovered the americas. Maya: between spaniards and the portuguese: pope alexander vi negotiated an agreement that drew a line 100 miles west of the cape verde islands (east = Pope alexander negotiated with the spaniards and portuguese the previous year in. 1493 when he made the unfair line draw.
