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a Pelican Original A History of Latin America Geor: endie Discovery and Conquest EAMTOPEEE CoLowROS ad bs shpenes yer St fe ‘0a bt add tapesed We abs eran eo ‘metcinl vets oe ‘the odo ote nas Diwan Conse ote 1.98 ht Vac a Guy cen, by dog Te eipeu oad Hope) Onions oul wu fea oe ae eee ete ‘Nobody kaows foe certain where Ciistopher Coluniba was sein sn hr xy ete bare: Aparna ant bumble- tad potty Gene" rn. On oe ot ‘Sasa ow ont sor of rel wis euty ‘le hbo fer omega Tere br mat he beset fom he Knowl of nigra that al some ce torioaing er Hony Be Nov. Adit wa sot the ny etemly of Bap, hat he go ose wih 1 oftaling wes. Te Pores Hoge wt te Sn of route te open ton roe stops Calan moved Spi when 2 evenly Fame Goan lel to noster + tana ret Frotogto inane tet Adri al {ihren conte he co tt ty igh ‘On § Ase 162 stants tl with ls of ti tig sts fom he Sanh orto Pe. 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Oni second sone (9-2 be took wth hn men, anal 0d ples TO (le sets and shoots of spar ane toca onthe a of Hopes Spi's st peso stdement Inthe He trced the rectangular plo fora cy, inaugurated (of tegen abou rere slaughiered. On his third voyage (18-1500) fort, af ‘Cus led slog the shores of Venere, and, sexing the [ie volume of water Bowing om the etary ofthe Orono, abuyJodped tht he had rated pet continent. During the [eiNvoyas (1400-4) be explored the cout ofthe Central Aes ‘in silo, Tn al those years be had It to show fo 3s [ious He brought home» nepigble quot of eld. Hi ea was in anarchy. He ded in Spain in 1506 atthe age of ‘Thout tye, creed, and without even the atfacton of {ving had hs are testowed upon the ands tht he had even {© Shela, This Honour fal to 2 welliodo setolry Tallan [Knerigo Ves who sled as »pivlesed pasener with ‘rea roconnosingexens inte Carter are. Veoice ‘Se no high kl evignor, but he tad ineligence and fe Tie After oso th voyees in which took rar, he wot: T fave found, inthe south lands, a connet ... One ca, is gnod rason, name ithe New Wold” Amergn's words {Te crclated o Europe long before the publzaton of Colum- {rs Jouras In 1507 Geman cartogipher published 8 ap ‘thereon the word ‘Amerie’ appeared. Clams. coved: {tute di ot Know what be had found "Discovery most be en Si R Lode, Te Cla of te Mie ee, Lenn, Rivin 24 aio 3s A Bory of Lats America ‘meaning... Colambu emai the Dy Topi, Canin rena he ior of Anes ag ns Gory al Ge new errs wow Ge ee Spat Gove sd ws ay raise es eee sshmerente cma Eve ocueegenaormnts ‘mainland, Nutez de Balboa and a few c eres Secretar nom Sha itetenr serene ot a ks oa : ene cecal bgt ten ry Sirocces eens Se omiittee sche ina 7 Peru In consequence, the New World ceased ie Bae try ot etn, Soo Ani Lai, PFs Us trae BOD, ivory and Congest ote ancbsirctio:itteams, instead weld tobe plundered, ‘Rha the yar 152, explorers wee also conqulitadbres. ‘raz conquistAponss When the Spenshcomustderes et sl from Barope, they had ny the vapest notion of where hey wee pongo what aval {tem They wore sppaing loses by shipwreck, disease and in te wit he Indie On the allen ofthe New Wold they vanced asain sal groups ~ through te ropical unl into the breathtaking lines. BY the year 1590 ths ext ‘Sednay men hd pracalyeomplted the conquest of an area Stich lclded the sothern part of the present-day Unit ‘hts anteater fr south as cata Cle. Beal was o- {ke ts contol) Morenter, by 150 the conustadre = tre ‘Spaniard tht they were had founded may of thes which ‘today are major cenes of population. or ‘the cvliation ‘fala san urban thing” At home, he Spear ad lived ‘hey and shunned the open country... When they eae to the New Wyld thy trost thee ba inact and ening srt tbr los they could no constellation ha as ‘ot tk around cis, they erally Tounde cites at soon a8 {hey landed As, of cous, it way testing wp of fen fconsed a only ae hts that neous ake Ts claim to jurton ove the enrounding cont "A fe examples wl fndate how qulcly and decisively the congtdore Bed the wan pater of Spasish Americ. ‘Thy began to Ball Meco Cy (on the rus of the former ‘Ase apt) in 152. Quito (euadae) was founded in 1534 and ‘Lina Pern 1535. fet stent was made to ess Buenos ‘Aires In 1536 this was abandoned, because of Indian attacks, ‘bt the st was eoecopied Ite and isthe sme today. Ont ‘ousand miles wpteam from Bocoos Ales, athe eat of the continent, Asuocén (Paraguay was founded in 1537, Bogota (Colombia) was exased in 1538, snd Sango de Cle in 1 the reote Andean fatness of Boll, Sacre (which 1, Wily Sr, Ph New Wr, Londo, Ake & Uses, i695 ” _- renee A Moy of Lan America area ae SDereetbel gai det eae ‘Tesol of Spula exept slong he coasts —Is poor ead ache oe = Satay RE Prsent to bls it; and iavaciaby «church wat ove of the Seng tec. Weer oat enero bu ao of he Cate Crus whos seule he Core tween the Spaniard od the Indien tat Spanith Arca was bom. Hera Corts - farsighted courageous, welded, snd Jog Spuash geneman of Exemadura ~ had spect some Sein abe when, 151 tthe ape of itor, est all JOE Gar led wih aboot 350 me, sen hor, and ev ‘non, He parpse was to congue; Mexio, rumoured 10 be & ‘Ghehowe of god and ewes. On the coast of Yucatin be as ‘Shen a lin gid, who ashe Ene ot col the Aes snd ‘ine lenguges, tat also te loa ends and sopesions = ‘eamea valuable lterprer and eons. Anchor was finally (Sstine bay farther north, There the omer Indes =n, nf em, he bev a er of he ‘athe wb had never befor sen ores and knew of no weap ‘os more fective than hr ow wooden cub (eae wih sharp ‘les of obadia) and jvelin. Prom the ditant capt ‘Tench, the Arts emperor Mociezuma eat gts of eo dale, with the demand hat the Spaniards shoe Have the ‘Suny, To povet any of is fore from attemgting to do 20, ‘Cons Getyed bis bouts; and he xml went trou the fre ‘mts of exablishing the ty" of Verse, “Vila Ria ela ‘Yea Cr, teri cy ofthe Tr Cros bras: Hwa ot ve ok quiz Spi efa mckil vold ‘ubin hi. Tie notary Sew tp te omen prosemaba tod {ree of boson, and rad them aloe 10 the ered ‘Side, The ten of Ge mayor toad of aldermen we ‘Shue and Fier Otto chap, bed te athe iy 2 wn ns nvour os ere. The st of wh Enparaa ae ‘Stal pn war eed of sd were abe he ance ‘Sten Ost ten sold Corse aout th nies of coming enen Fisting and negotiating by tums — thee was ty od teckery on Both ides = Corts le hit men inland over the ‘mounting accompanied by members of Indians whom he ‘vod io rebel gant hr bash Atel. Then ope dy, {om the bight, the Spaniards looked down nt the cs valley A Broy of Lain America ‘of Anshun, A soldierchroaiderwrote:"Nove yeti man se, ‘ear or ream of anything equal ote spectae we pend before urees” "Aboud of them was Lake Teco, doted wth lands ~ and upon the largest of the idan, the ramparts and temps of “Tenocin,Carts and Ms follower cred the casey tht {edo the iland city and wee welcned by Mectesa, ‘must have en pal prlend bythe appearance ofthe white ‘men, For tht part, ty marveled atte ston palaces the sis furishins, the spaous courtyards, nd th exe ‘arden, They sam ts emperor's np being cara on ie Sdocnad with plumes, and preous gene set in pls of solid wl ‘Cots son sland Moctenuma sad ordre im to collet and hand oer vast stor of pl sive, ewes: Nex, the connie ‘dr bared acto Veer to deal witha Spent fore seat by the Governor of Cube, who intended to ropiant him belo he became too powefl. Cons captured the leader of his ex: edition aod peal upon te oops ofllow him and re oes his own teary. Returning to Teoohtiin, be fund {hat dorng is absece the Spaniards whom be bad left thread Bot to deat some two ode Aztec noble, thus aout {ope ofthe peopl. Surrounded by «hose multde, Cones ‘eco tat heme with from they. The ett took place one nit in Jove 1520 ~ the socal mocks trite, the "ead Itwas a wag a. Many wos a hey fot log te cusevay. Many were drome by the Weight of the old and slvr with which they were Burdened as they ted 19 Swimaray over thelake tose ‘Cots eed rallied his easing fers, bis for re ‘crosing the lake to Tenohtitnand i May 1521 reetered he ly. Vitor wat no ny, nd the invaders were unable save {Del captured companions, whom they sw being fore up he ‘stops ofthe pyramid andsnceised on thelr at he to, azo Ingo Azteccstom,Lolted in the ont of Meio, nd with 0 prospect of pending the Aztecs to suede, Cord dtr. ‘ned tht Tenochula sat be levee f he pound. T keen SRT Discovery an Cot Ss coves wiht esreyag (pian word” At as fn AD iy om OeTepocttan tae te apa Sess PAE let ; nary mao carn, and the alaboion of a en esd ot cre serunt for he aes of clot feof pears n eating wp te at Ae so tte pining of he eth nt’, ot OW 10 fed rag elcome ene ay oa ae we ee pone om epaing otf ea ee Contra Teoxniin eno! foe see ped ote apd. When ey dcr SSiis vento ‘Wie th og nas oe, Co i ot Te Int oan Sty coe cy nth eens Sahm Sr ain pn wre forge Sp, orang Waslog| ms Spinel om the hgh vane tet of

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