History 1810E Midterm: History Study Notes
21 Jul 2016
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Prester john: mythical subject; thought to be a christian ruler who existed somewhere in ethiopia. Henry the navigator: third son of king john (of portugal, 1415: took part in the capture of ceuta (closest part of africa to europe) Presented the idea of conquest and crusades to the portuguese. Put portugal on equal level with other spanish powerhouse states. Dias: travelled to western coast of africa, gets blown out to sea and has to return important information gained: indian ocean was not landlocked and you didn"t burn to cinder by travelling to the far south. Columbus: before columbus, ferdinand and isabella married (very powerful monarchs) and almost all of. Caused the treaty of tordesillas 1494: Pope drew a line running north to south separating portugal and spain"s territory. Anything west was spain"s, east was portugal"s. De gama 1497: given three armed ships and a small crew, longest voyage so far 95 days, made their way around the tip of africa.
