Explorers_Trial

toc =Introduction= The following resources will help you determine if Cortes, Columbus, and the King and Queen of Spain who supported them, were great discoverers or exploiters. = = =Books= See books pulled for your class.

=Databases=
 * [|Gale Virtual Reference Library]**
 * [|Grolier Encyclopedia]**
 * [|Biography Resource Center]**
 * [|American History]**
 * [|Modern Era]**

=Websites=

//Comprehensive//
http://www.answers.com/
 * Answers.com**

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/
 * Catholic Encyclopedia**

http://www.tcr.org/tcr/essays/Web_Conquest.pdf
 * End of an Empire: The Spanish conquest of Mexico**

//The Explorers//
//**Christopher Columbus :**//

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/con_columbus.cfm
 * Digital History: What is the Legacy of 1492?**

http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/columbus.htm
 * Christopher Columbus Discovers America: Journal Entries**

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/columbus.html
 * Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth**

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/columbus.html http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/btt/columbus/
 * Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Empire**

http://www.osia.org/public/culture/columbus.asp
 * Order Sons of Italy in America: Christopher Columbus**

http://www.columbusnavigation.com/
 * The Columbus Navigation Homepage**


 * //Hernan Cortes ://**

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/aztec.html
 * Conquest of the Aztec Empire: Hernan Cortes**

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/prescott/bk02_ch02.html
 * Hernando Cortes: Ch 2 from The History of the Conquest of Mexico**
 * after reading this chapter click forward at the bottom of the page to read about his discoveries

Hernan Cortes, Explorer and Conquerer of Mexico** http://www.mexonline.com/hernan-cortez.htm

http://www.pbs.org/kpbs/theborder/history/timeline/1.html
 * Hernan Cortes Arrives in Mexico**

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1520cortes.html
 * Hernan Cortés: from Second Letter to Charles V, 1520**

http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/
 * PBS: Conquistadors**

//The Monarchy//
http://departments.kings.edu/womens_history/isabel.html
 * Queen Isabella I of Spain**

http://womenshistory.about.com/cs/medrenqueens/p/p_isabella_i.htm
 * Isabella I of Spain**

http://countrystudies.us/spain/7.htm
 * Ferdinand and Isabella**

http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/antillians/ferdinand.html
 * Ferdinand V**

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/
 * Historyworld: History of Spain**

People Affected by Explorers
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/eurocla.html
 * Europe Claims America: The Atlantic Joined**
 * read how Europe influenced and changed the discovered new lands

What Came to be Called “America”** http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/america.html
 * learn about the people who lived in the lands that were discovered

Modern History Sourcebook: An Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico** http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/aztecs1.html
 * describes the savage way Hernan Cortés invaded the land he discovered

Exploring the Early Americas** [|http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/earlyamericas/online**/**]

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/communicate.html
 * Communicating With Indigenous Populations**

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Trade.html
 * The Sugar and Slave Trades**

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Latin.html
 * Latin America: Conquistadors**

http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/history/precolumbian/tainover.htm
 * Arawask/Taino Native Americans**

http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/43a/100.html
 * Arawak/Taino Indians**

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/south/cultures/inca.html http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/latinamerica/meso/cultures/aztec_empire.html
 * Mesoamerican Sites and Cultures: Inca and Aztec**

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/southamerica/arawak.html
 * South American Sites and Cultures: Arawak**

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/history.shtml
 * History of Puerto Rico**

http://welcome.topuertorico.org/reference/taino.shtml
 * Tainos Indian Culture**

http://www.historians.org/Tl/LessonPlans/ca/Fitch/
 * The Conquest of Mexico**

http://www.prboriken.com/taino.htm
 * Taino Culture**

http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/antillians/arawaks.html
 * The Arawaks**

http://www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu/antillians/caribs.html
 * The Caribs**

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/AZTECS.HTM
 * The Mexica / Aztecs**

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/INCAS.HTM = = = =
 * The Incas**

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