The discovery of new trade routes to the east threatened the city-state's control over that trade. The technological innovations that allowed new discoveries were adding to the wealth of Italy's enemies. The search for new Protestant converts threatened the power of the papal states and Rome itself. The Italian city-states were fearful that new trade routes would raise the influence of Islamic empires.
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Juan Ponce de Leon. Spanish Explorer; in 1513 and in 1521, he explored Florida, thinking it was an island. Looking for gold and the fountain of youth, he failed in his search for the fountain of youth but established Florida as territory for the Spanish, before being killed by a Native American arrow.
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He is given credit for discovering the New World, even though at his death he believed he had made it to India. He made four voyages to the New World.. The first sighting of land was on October 12, 1492, and three other journies until the time of his death in 1503.
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After Magellan’s death, the survivors, in two ships, sailed on to the Moluccas and loaded the hulls with spice. One ship attempted, unsuccessfully, to return across the Pacific. The other ship, the Vittoria, continued west under the command of Juan Sebastián de Elcano.
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Medieval ships were designed mostly for moving goods, troops, or warfare. Medieval ships used the less efficient triangular sail. Medieval ships had to be built out of soft woods like pine. Medieval ships used a longer keel, a taller mast, and a heavier wood.
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One of Ferdinand Magellan’s five ships–the Vittoria–arrives at Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, thus completing the first circumnavigation of the world. The Vittoria was commanded by Basque navigator Juan Sebastián de Elcano, who took charge of the vessel after the murder of Magellan in the Philippines in April 1521.
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Portuguese explorer and navigator who sent the first seaborne expedition to Asia and started a school in Europe. (1394-1460), (1394-1460) Prince of Portugal who established an observatory and school of navigation at Sagres and directed voyages that spurred the growth of Portugal's colonial empire.
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English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596), English explorer/pirate who circumnavigated the globe from 1577 to 1580 and was sent by Queen Elizabeth I to raid Spanish ships/settlements for gold.
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Mercantilism pushed some states to find more profitable trade routes to the east. Mercantilism pushed some states to find new settlements for overpopulation. Mercantilism pushed some states to find new sources of cheap labor. Mercantilism pushed some states to engage in war with other states.
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The vessel sailed across the Indian Ocean, rounded the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived at the Spanish port of Sanlúcar de Barrameda on September 6, 1522, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Vittoria then sailed up the Guadalquivir River, reaching Seville a few days later.
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which of the following explorers led a voyage that ultimately circumnavigated the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan was a explorer who led a voyage that ultimately circumnavigated the globe.