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European discovery of America (view source)
Revision as of 11:24, October 9, 2007
, 11:24, October 9, 2007Columbus wanted to find a shorter ocean route to India
The European discovery of America opened up a [[New World]] to [[Western Christendom]].
Although [[Vikings]] had colonized Greenland and visited Canada, news of these lands was unknown to [[Europe]]ans. The [[Eurasia]]n and [[Africa]]n continents were the only land masses known to Western civilization throughout [[Medieval]] times and into the [[Renaissance]]. Even the true [[circumference]] of the [[Earth]] was not clearly known.
Expeditions by [[Columbus]], [[Balboa]] and others led to the discovery of the [[Americas]] and the remnants of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations.
Columbus wanted to find a shorter ocean route to [[India]] and proclaimed the places and people he discovered to be "Indian", giving modern English the term "Indians" for the native Americans.
Although [[Vikings]] had colonized Greenland and visited Canada, news of these lands was unknown to [[Europe]]ans. The [[Eurasia]]n and [[Africa]]n continents were the only land masses known to Western civilization throughout [[Medieval]] times and into the [[Renaissance]]. Even the true [[circumference]] of the [[Earth]] was not clearly known.
Expeditions by [[Columbus]], [[Balboa]] and others led to the discovery of the [[Americas]] and the remnants of the Aztec and Mayan civilizations.
Columbus wanted to find a shorter ocean route to [[India]] and proclaimed the places and people he discovered to be "Indian", giving modern English the term "Indians" for the native Americans.