Fascinating Facts About the Colonization of the Americas

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10. The First Map Showing America Owes its Accuracy to the French
9. Christopher Columbus “Discovered” North America by Accident
8. Spanish Explorers Were Primarily Interested in Resources for Spain
7. French Settlers Both Traded With and Married Native Americans
6. North America Was Viewed as Prime Settlement Territory by the English
5. Native Americans Were Termed “Indians” Because Columbus Was Lost
4. Bartolomé de las Casas Didn’t Think South American Natives Were as Well Suited for Slavery as Africans
3. The Americas Were Named by a German and an Alsatian
2. The Use of the Term “American” is Contentious
1. Europeans Brought Native Americans to Europe in Order to Display Them as Curiosities

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LoC_Treasures_Gallery_Waldseem%C3%BCller_map_display_2007.jpg
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/columbus-confusion-about-the-new-world-140132422/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ships_of_Columbus.jpg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_Pizarro_y_Hernan_Cort%C3%A9s.png
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Conquista-de-Tenochtitlan-Mexico.jpg
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La_batalla_de_Gravelinas,_por_Nicholas_Hilliard.jpg
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB:Discovery_of_the_Mississippi.jpg
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https://www.mpm.edu/plan-visit/educators/wirp/history/fur-trade
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https://www.britannica.com/topic/Virginia-Company
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