Spanish Exploration in the Age of Discovery
26 entries in the Spanish Exploration in the Age of Discovery compendium.
Amerigo Vespucci Letter from SevilleVespucci's letter describing the Brazilian coast and its people.Peter Martyr d'AnghieraSavoyard historian who chronicled Spanish exploration in the New World.Hernando de BustamanteSurvivor of the first circumnavigation and barber surgeon.Cartography of Latin AmericaMaps projected imperial order and asserted sovereignty in the New World.Casa de ContrataciónSpanish crown agency controlling colonial trade and navigation.ConquistadorSpanish and Portuguese explorers who conquered and colonized the New World.Council of the IndiesSupreme royal council governing Spanish America and the East Indies.Diego de Almagro's expedition to ChileMajor Spanish expedition exploring Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile.Diego de Guadalajara expeditionSpanish pearl-seeking expedition into Jumano country, 1654.Discovery of BrazilFirst European landings on Brazil's coast, 1500.García de Nodal expeditionSpanish expedition that reconnoitered the Cape Horn route in 1619.Hernández de Córdoba expeditionDisastrous 1517 voyage that first contacted the Maya civilization.Francisco Hernández expedition (1570–1577)First scientific expedition to the New World.Loaísa expeditionSecond naval expedition to cross the Pacific Ocean.Magellan expeditionFirst circumnavigation of the Earth, 1519–1522.New SpainFirst viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire in the Americas.Padrón RealSpain's secret master map for 16th-century navigation.Hernan Peraza the ElderCastilian nobleman who unified control of most Canary Islands.Pinzón–Solís voyageSpanish expedition to the Bay of Honduras, 1508–1509.San Antonio (carrack)Carrack of Magellan's fleet, involved in Falklands discovery.Santiago (caravel)Smallest caravel of Magellan's fleet, wrecked in Patagonia in 1520.Spanish expeditions to the Pacific NorthwestSpanish voyages to secure claims in the Pacific Northwest.Suma de GeographiaFirst pilot's manual describing the New World.Treaty of Zaragoza1529 treaty dividing Asian spheres between Portugal and Spain.Antonio de Vea expeditionSpanish expedition to Patagonia seeking English bases.Victoria (ship)First ship to sail around the world.
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