The 16th century was a crucial time for the Age of Exploration; many European Countries began to explore much of the Western World. Two of the most important conquistadors were Hernan Cortes and Francisco Pizarro. Pizarro was born in 1478 in Trujillo Spain, and left for the New World in 1502. Pizarro then sail to the Incan Empire and conquered the civilization 1533. The charge of Francisco Pizarro is that he destroyed the Incan civilization for selfish motives. Selfish is defined as “(of a motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one’s own personal profit or pleasure”, and thus Pizarro need not act solely for selfish motives but chiefly or mostly for selfish motives. Although Pizarro had some internal greed, the …show more content…
Pizarro’s former partner, Diego de Almagro, were in a position with another where all three would share the profits of the expedition. However, just before the expedition, Pizarro went back on the deal and became knighted by the king and made a deal to share the profits with the Spanish government. This is arguably to get more gold, as now Pizarro would only have the share the gold with one as opposed to two others 1, 2. Manco Incan, a leader after Atahualpa’s death, said numerous times that greed had blinded Pizarro and that Pizarro was more motivated by greed than heroism 3, 4. This shows some potential selfish motives; however, as is true for much of this trial, this is speculation. Pizarro also took a notable statue from the Island of Coyata; a statue made of half gold and half silver. Pizarro then melted this statue down, which shows some selfish motives, as Pizarro could have done this for the gold. Later Pizarro ransomed Atahualpa for a room of gold and two rooms of silver, then killed Atahualpa after receiving the ransom5. If Atahualpa had truly been a threat to expedition, Pizarro could simply have killed him, but the ransom shows form of greed for gold, which shows a selfish
After the discovery of the new world, by Christopher Columbus, rapidly the Europeans navigate from their countries to the new world in search of gold and precious rocks that have a value for their kings or queens. Hernan Cortes, born in Medellin, Spain, was a conquistador mainly best known as the conquistador that found Tenochtitlan, which is now call Mexico City. During the conquista Bernal del Castillo and Hernán Cortés describe the struggles and other issues that they had to find the city Tenochtitlan through writing it on a book. Tenochtitlan, at that point, had amazing building structure and an extensive market. The Aztec or Mexica had, when found by Cortez, an extensive knowledge of Astronomy, time, and including Mathematics. After Cortes’s entrance to Tenochtitlan the king, Moctezuma, believe that Spaniards were part of their culture or history, as the same as Toltecs.
Reading both passages of the two explorers, Christopher Columbus and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, gives a great description of how the world was back in the 1500s. Now, although both were Spaniard explorers, each had different experiences and discoveries. One of the differences is how they approached exploring the new world. For instance, Columbus went to find new land in the west, while Cabeza de Vaca went as an expedition to already found lands. In addition, Columbus had a lot of success, while Cabeza de Vaca since the beginning, because of Narváez, “endured many disasters” (Baym, et al., 2013, p. 28). Furthermore, Christopher Columbus considered most important to find more land, and especially the route to reach Asia.
There are many versions of how Doroteo became the outlaw bandit Pancho Villa. The most widely accepted story is that Doroteo shot and or killed Augustin Negrete over the attempted rape of Doroteo’s twelve year old sister (Rosenburg 3). This event became the catalyst to Doroteo’s career as a Mexican revolutionary. The shooting is important because had this not happened, Doroteo would have continued his miniscule life as a farmer and would have not become the notorious Pancho Villa.
Slide 3- on the new expedition Pizarro brought with him a man by the name of Diego de Almargo in 1532 and used Ecuador as the staging point for new invasion of Inca Empire.
José Antonio Villarreal’s Pocho does a superb job of dealing with both the common coming of age narrative and the tensions faced by Latino Americans. Richard Rubio attempts to remain individualistic throughout his life but struggles with what that means within the confines that his heritage and society structure him into. Characters ebb and flow through his life, each having certain standards, expectations or ideals predetermined about him. Richard attempts to cast off and ignore the pressures they place on him, and instead forage his own path for what his future is to look like. I believe that the conflict between his family’s Mexican heritage and his American home is what forces Richard to actively pursue, and even fight, for his individuality.
In 1539 Hernando de Soto and five hundred adventurers began on a journey of exploration that would take 4 years and would travel through 10 states in the southeast United States. His goal was to discover a source of wealth, preferably gold, and around his mines establish a settlement. During his travels through La Florida he encountered numerous groups of native peoples, making friends of some and enemies of others. His expedition was not the first in La Florida; however, it was the most extensive. In its aftermath, thousands of Indians would die by disease that the Spaniards brought from the Old World. De Soto would initially be remembered as a great explorer but, would be later viewed as a destroyer of native culture. However, in truth de Soto was neither a hero or a villain but rather an adventurer.
Hernando de Soto went to go meet the ruler of a native american province, she treated them with respect despite everything her people had been through. She provided them with an abundance of corn and pearls, but de Soto also gave her items in return in exchange for her gratitude. Whereas Duarte Lopez , he went to visit the kongo and took note of the colour of the peoples skin, and their hair. Portuguese traders often came here for honey, palm oil, and slaves.
The arguments presented by Las Casas is in defense of the natives stating that if he can convince the king of the wrongful doings of the Spaniards that they would pay for what they've done. The doings of the Spaniards was a shock to Las Casas making him want to spend as long as he could defending them. In the great kingdom and provinces of Peru, Las Casas states "the way the Spanish have behaved has been an offence to God and a disservice to the Crown; the Treasury has been defrauded and, in my opinion, it will be long and a costly business to recover for the Crown this territory which could easily have provided sufficient food to support the entire population of Spain." Just a short example of how Las Casas feels about how the natives are being treated and how he feels about the land bei...
Little is known about Pedro de Cieza de Leon’s youth. Historians have discovered that Pedro de Cieza de Leon was a Spaniard, a conquistador, and a writer of Peru’s history. Pedro de Cieza de Leon was not well educated and had only the most basic education from his local school parish (Atlantis). Although he did not have a superior education, his four part book is reliable because he wrote about what he observed as a conquistador. This document is full of interesting information for the reader to discover the Inca’s way of living.
During the Renaissance, a period where there was a burst of creativity in art and writing, Europeans were encouraged to endeavour on new adventures of curiosity. The Age of Exploration started in the 15th century and continued into the 17th century. The three main reasons that prompted Europeans to explore were god, glory, and gold. Europeans hoped to find new sources of gold and silver in unclaimed lands. The Muslims and Italians controlled the trade routes which linked the East and West. By controlling these trade routes they were able to charge high prices and make great profits. Thus, the Europeans wanted a new sea route to Asia to avoid losing profits and to gain wealth. Henry the Navigator was a Portuguese prince who was a supporter of
After being ordered by Candide to head to Buenos Aires with roughly six million dollars’ worth of diamonds (with no protection). Unsurprisingly, Cacambo is robbed of almost all his money and had to pay the rest on an extortion fee by the Governor of Buenos Aires. Now poor and in a foreign country, Cacambo is captured as a slave and sold off to a dethroned sultan in Constantinople. While Candide was able to “[repurchase] Cacambo at an exorbitant price (. . .) [and] flung himself and his companions into a galley,” Cacambo was presumably the sultan’s slave for several months (Voltaire,
Age of Explorations was a time of discovery of the new world during the 15th through 17th century. Many Explorers were in search for new passage ways, new trading ports, new land, new spices, and riches. The three explorers discussed in this paper is Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, and Francisco Pizarro. Henry Hudson was an explorer whose main purpose was to find a route to Asia from Europe, he had a series of three voyages trying to achieve this. Jacques Cartier was sent to find riches and a route to Asia as well. Francisco Pizarro served on an expedition, which he discovered the Pacific Ocean.
In the year of 1492, the Queen and King of Spain developed thoughts of strengthening their power and seeking new sources of wealth. This being stated the Queen and King had agreed on financing Christopher Columbus’s expedition, hoping it would bring the kingdom wealth (Ellis 2004). On October 12 Columbus had discovered a new location, due to this discovery; Latin America had been colonized by the Spanish conquistadors sent by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. Overall, Latin America had been colonized for the sake of seeking wealth (Ellis 2004). Obtaining gold was the simple way of gaining wealth. Gold was the resource that attracted Spaniards to the Island of Hispaniola, because it was also King Ferdinand's interest (De la Riva 2003 ). Thus it ended up becoming the ultimate goal of the Christian Spaniards sent to Hispaniola to acquire gold and swell themselves in riches. (Las Casas 1552).Trading was also the key to getting wealthy; the more resources available for trade the more wealth will be gained. Resources in the New World attracted the Spanish conquistadors to Latin America; it was also what he...
Columbus and Champlain were both devoted to the success of their expeditions; however, Columbus had far more selfish intentions. Columbus was an Italian who sought aid for a journey that would travel across the Atlantic Ocean in search for riches in the East. His support did not come easy as he was rejected by the courts of Portugal, France, and England. Ultimately, Columbus was able to gain authorization and funding for a voyage to begin in 1492 by the Spanish monarchs King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel. After starting the long awaited expedition in April, Columbus was able to reach the West Indies by October of that year. Upon encountering the New World, Columbus immediately claimed the land along with its natives for his Spanish sovereigns.
Through her he gained access to the work of the georgical Toscana who believed in fact the Atlantic is the quick way to China.” (Beal). He fetched his believes to many of the richest and powerful people of the land. Most question this strange man who is challenging everything geographical knew. Giving this questionable sane man ships for a chance to explore would cost a fortune and it was a gamble one wasn’t willing to take. He was in Spain for over a year before he was heard by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1486 (History). Queen Isabella was found of his personality and knowledge of great travels. He promised to convert other lands to Christians and many valuable riches to his queen and there country if in return they granted him three ships and 10% of the income. His salesman like brashness earned his place in court. “August 3, 1492 Christopher Columbus and 90 men on three 80 foot ships: Santa Marie Pinta, and Nina, set sail the Spanish port Polos to begin his expedition west through the sea of unknown darkness and violence. (Mann