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Ferdinand and Isabella unite Aragon and Castile Becoming Catholic Monarchs
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In 1492, Christopher Columbus persuades The King and Queen to fund his Journey to the West Indies, to Spread trade and Christianity
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After 2 Months, Columbus Reaches the Carribeans, what he believed to be India, desperate for food and supplies.
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Columbus Returns to Spain to A hero's Welcome, and goes to What he believes is India three more times, when he realizes it is lands unknown to Europe instead
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Spain and Portugal fought over who claimed land in new world, So Pope Alexander IV made a line, giving Spain Lands and trade rights West of the line, and Portugal The East side
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In 1507 Amerigo Vespucci reports on a new world, and Its is Named "America" after him
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Amerigo Vespucci writes a report of the New World and a German Cartographer Named the New Land America Columbus' Islands became known as the West Indies
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in 1513, Vasco Nunez de Balboa hacks a path through Panama. Along with the help of the natives, they reach the South Sea, now known as the Pacific Ocean
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With the Help of Native Americans, Vasco Nunez de Balboa hacks a path through Panama to the Pacific, which he named the South Sea.
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On September 20th, 1519, a Portuguese minor nobel set out from spain with five ships, heading to South America
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On Sept. 20th, 1519, Ferdinand Magellan Reaches South America after a month of storms, tropical heat, and at least one mutiny.
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A Minor Portuguese Nobel named Ferdinand Magellan Sets out for Spain with five ships
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In November 1520, Ferdinand Magellan Entered a bay at the southern tip of South America and Charted the Strait of Magellan, into Balboa's South Sea, and it was Renamed the Pacific.
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After over a year of Journey, Ferdinand Magellan finds a bay on the tip of South America that leads to a strait into the Pacific Ocean, which is later named the Strait of Magellan
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On his way to the East Indies, Magellan is killed in a local conflict, but his crew presses on in their trek to circumnavigate, or sail around the world.
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After three years, Magellan's Crew reaches Seville, Spain, with one ship and only eighteen sailors left.
