The New World Empires of Portugal

and Spain

The Treaty of Tordesillas

The Treaty of Tordesillas

Columbus’s voyage intensified rivalry between Portugal and Spain

Both countries claimed the right to newly-discovered lands

Pope arranged a settlement

Columbus’s voyage intensified rivalry between Portugal and Spain

Both countries claimed the right to newly-discovered lands

Pope arranged a settlement

The PortugueseThe Portuguese

Amerigo Vespucci, 1st to claim what Columbus had found was a “New World”

Mapmakers soon began to label the Western Hemisphere “America”, the Latinized form of Vespucci’s name

Amerigo Vespucci, 1st to claim what Columbus had found was a “New World”

Mapmakers soon began to label the Western Hemisphere “America”, the Latinized form of Vespucci’s name

One of the earliest world maps to show the Americas

Portuguese claims to land in the New World were based on the expedition of Pedro Cabral in 1500 -Set out to follow da Gama’s route around Africa

-Fleet blown off course to e. coast of South America-Portugal claimed this land which

became Brazil

Portuguese claims to land in the New World were based on the expedition of Pedro Cabral in 1500 -Set out to follow da Gama’s route around Africa

-Fleet blown off course to e. coast of South America-Portugal claimed this land which

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The SpanishThe Spanish Balboa was the first Spanish explorer to sight the Pacific by crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513

Balboa was the first Spanish explorer to sight the Pacific by crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513

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Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe by sailing around the southern tip of S. America into the Pacific Ocean

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Magellan GPS System

Conquistadors claimed thousands of square miles of the Americas for Spain in the early 1500’s

Conquistadors claimed thousands of square miles of the Americas for Spain in the early 1500’s

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Francisco Pizarro Hernan Cortes

By the early 1500’s, Spain had established permanent colonies in the Americas

Spain divided its territory into viceroyalties with governors appointed by the king

Missions were established to spread Christianity

By the early 1500’s, Spain had established permanent colonies in the Americas

Spain divided its territory into viceroyalties with governors appointed by the king

Missions were established to spread Christianity

Spain’s New WorldEmpire by 1800