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overseas
beyond or across the sea
caravel
a small fast maneuverable ship that had a large cargo hold usually three masts with lateen salis
maritime
having to do with travel over bodies of water
circumnavigate
to sail around the world
G, G, G,
gold, god, glory
conquistador
a leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas (colonizer)
Indigenous
native to a country or area
cash crop
crop that is grown to sell for money rather than consumption
decimation
destruction and extermination
triangular trade
trading pattern that linked Europe, Africa, the Americas; slaves, sugar & rum were traded
trans-atlantic slave trade
the forced voyage of enslaved africans across the atlantic ocean to the americas
columbian exchange
the global exchange for goods, ideas, plants, animals & disease that began with columbus’ colonization of the americas
Joint-stock company
a business where stocks in a company are bought and owned by shareholders
Colony
a settlement of people living in a new territory, linked with a parent country by trade and direct government control
Mercantalism
set of principles that dominated the economic thought in the 17th century, depended on a large supply of gold and silver
Exports
to send a product or service for sale in another country
Vasco da Gama
in 1497 sailed from Portugal around the cape of good hope off Africa and landed on the southwest coast of india
christopher columbus
sailed west across the atlantic to reach India; his ships had reached Hispaniola (modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic )
Ferdinand magellan
in 1519 sailed under the spanish flag around the southern tip of south America and landed in the philippines; survivors reached Seville in 1522 completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth
hernan cortez
spanish conqueror that landed in Mexico 1519 and took control of the Aztec Empire
francisco pizzaro
a Spanish conquistador who overtook the Inca empire in Peru in 1532
frances drake
first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
jacques cartier
sailed up the st. Lawrence river for France and claimed eastern Canada for france