The Age of European Exploration Essay -- European Europe History

The Age of European Exploration The age of exploration was filled with unafraid voyagers andconquistadores from all over Europe, much like today, there was muchcompetition for land rights. The main disputes were between Spain andPortugal. And these are the representatives from not only these twocountries, but surrounding ones as well. Christopher Columbus was a sea captain from Genoa. He first triedto convince Portugal, then Spain to sponsor a voyage to Asia across theAtlantic. Columbus thought that the voyage would take two months, otherssaid four months, but he left with enough food and supplies for only twomonths. He landed in the West Indes (Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba) when the twomonths of supplies ran out. Their voyage began on August 3, 1492, fromPalos, Spain and ended on October 12 when land was sighted at the Americas. Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian that equal the Medici Bank inSpain, chartered the coastline of Central America and described this as theM undus Novus, meaning New World. In 1507, a German carto...