Pedro de Teixeira (1575-1641) was a seminal Portuguese military officer whose voyages of the Amazon River Valley and South America influenced the European exploration and expansion of the Portuguese Empire in the New World. Teixeira is most well known for his role in the 1637-1639 Amazon expedition during which he became the first European to travel the length of the Amazon River eventually exploring from what is now Belem, Brazil to Quinto, Ecuador. Ultimately his career would span more than three decades in South America during which time Pedro de Teixeira influenced the development of Brazil by asserting Portugal's claim to the region thereby outdoing that nation's Spanish rivals for colonial control of the region. Pedro de Teixeira was born between 1575 and 1587 in Cantanhede Protugal and though little is known about his life he was both a military officer and explorer. In many ways Teixeira's career was defined by the rising European colonial competition of the period, increasing Portuguese concerns regarding Spanish trading gains, Spanish Imperial land acquisitions in the New World, and growing demands for Portuguese Independence. In 1607 he travelled to Brazil as Captain and would subsequently repulse French …show more content…
Concerned about Spanish strength in the region, the governor of Maranhão, Jacome Raimundo de Noronha commissioned an expedition up the Amazon River to escort the Spanish friars back to Quito, ascertain the extent of Spanish Imperial expansion in the valley, as well as identify sites for future Portuguese forts and settlements. Pedro de Teixeira, a noted and accomplished expedition leader who had experience navigating along the regional waterways and in repulsing English, French and Dutch merchants was
Dom Henrique of Portugal is also known as Henry the Navigator. Prince Henry was involved with the expansion of Portuguese rule in the Pacific Islands. His main reasons for his voyages were to explore Africa, expand trade, and expand Christianity. This is important because Prince Henry’s goals and achievements are what inspired Vasco de Gama's discovery of a way to India and Christopher Columbus’s voyage to America[ "Prince Henry the Navigator." Prestage, Edgar. (accessed February 17, 2014). http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07239a.htm ]. He is one of the main reasons that Christianity has spread so far to foreign lands and has influenced different cultures.
Early Life Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain, around 1510. His parents are Juan Vasquez de Coronado y Sosa de Ulloa and Isabel de Lujan. His father was a wealthy aristocrat, but the family fortune was promised to his older brother. Francisco was determined to make his own fortune in the New World. This is what made him an explorer.
“Did you know that Juan N Seguin was a Texas Senator, Mayor, Judge, and Justice of the Peace? Seguin was born in 1806 into a long-established tejano family in San Antonio. After Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, Stephen Austin a friend of Seguín’s father received Mexican approval to found settlements of English-speaking people in the Mexican territory of Texas. Seguín and his father, convinced that Spanish-Mexican unrest and Mexican governmental interference were contributing to
Giovanni de Verrazzano was the first European to sight the New York Harbor, Narragansett Bay, and Block Island. He sailed to America with four ships in 1524. He died do to cannibalistic natives.
Juan Ponce De Leon was sent by the Spanish crown to explored Puerto Rico in search of riches and gold. He took 50 soldiers in one ship and found much gold and opportunity., Tthe expedition was a success and he was named the Governor of Puerto Rico.
Amerigo Vespucci: An Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts.
“Cabeza de Vaca was born into the Spanish nobility in 1490. Little of his early life is known, except that he made his career in the military. In early 1527 he left Spain as a part of a royal expedition intended to occupy the mainland of North America.” http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/cabezadevaca.htm
“Three explorers from the Age of Exploration” Age of Explorations was a time of discovery of the new world during the 15th through 17th century. Many Explorers were in search for new passage ways, new trading ports, new land, new spices, and riches. The three explorers discussed in this paper is Henry Hudson, Jacques Cartier, and Francisco Pizarro. Henry Hudson was an explorer whose main purpose was to find a route to Asia from Europe, he had a series of three voyages trying to achieve this. Jacques Cartier was sent to find riches and a route to Asia as well.
Bartolome de Las Casas was an important protector of native peoples because the latter part of his life was dedicated to social reforms that called for better treatment of the natives.
Russell-Wood, A. J. R. Portuguese empire, 1415-1808 a world on the move. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins UP, 1998. Print.
Another great navigator from Portugal was Henry the navigator, he was the prince of Portugal who began to establish an observatory and also a school of navigation, and he also directed many long voyages that ignited the growth of Portugal’s colonial empire.
Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo - A Voyage of Discovery. "Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo." National Parks Service. National Parks Service, 08 Feb. 2014. Web. 22 Feb. 2014. .
Philippe Petit changed numerous peoples’ thoughts about the Twin Towers when he performed his high wire walk between them in 1974. Before Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974, people weren’t certain how they felt about the construction of the World Trade Center. After Philippe performed, people began to warm up to the idea of the towers. Philippe Petit walked the high wire between the Twin Towers on August 7, 1974. This event prompted Andrew McMahon to write the song “Platform Fire” about this event for his band, Jack’s Mannequin. This song was not a hit for the band; however, fans of Jack’s Mannequin seem to have a special place in their heart for it.
Imagination vs Reality in Don Quijote Don Quijote, published in the sixteenth century by arguably the greatest Spanish writer of all time, Miguel Cervantes, is a classic enduring tale of a man searching for a greater purpose in life, a man who wants to be remembered. This legendary tale has endured the test of time in part because of the fact that so many people can relate to the titular character. Roberto Echevarría, a literary scholar who has spent many years studying Cervantes’ works states, “Literature, fiction, allows us to rehearse in private our most secret desires, affecting our lives as if these desires had become true. It is like dreams. Dreams have the same effect.
the Portuguese and inspired the search for a sea route to the Indies. The Portuguese had already established