Contours de l'histoire européenne . ntique au Japon. En 1492, comme nous le savons tous, un navigateur genoois, Columbus(b. 1451), qui avait eu beaucoup d'expérience sur la mer, a été togethertrois petits navires et a entrepris le voyage vers l'ouest jusqu'à Zipangu,— le pays de l'or, — Qu'il espérait atteindre dans cinq semaines.Après trente-deux jours de l'époque où il quitta les îles Canaries arriva sur terre, l'île de San Salvador, et crédible d'être dans les Indes de l'est. De là, il a découvert l'île de Cuba, qu'il croyait être la terre principale de l'Asie, puis d'Haïti, qu'il a emporté pour le Longé-forZipa

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Outlines of European history . ntic to Japan. In 1492, as we all know, a Genoese navigator, Columbus(b. 1451), who had had much experience on the sea, got togetherthree little ships and undertook the journey westward to Zipangu, — the land of gold, — which he hoped to reach in five weeks.After thirty-two days from the time he left the Canary Islandshe came upon land, the island of San Salvador, and believedhimself to be in the East Indies. Going on from there he dis-covered the island of Cuba, which he believed to be the main-land of Asia, and then Haiti, which he mistook for the longed-forZipangu (see p. 526). Although he made three later expedi-tions and sailed down the coast of South America as far asthe Orinoco, he died without realizing that he had not beenexploring the coast of Asia. After the bold .enterprises of Vasco da Gama and Columbus, an expedition headed by the Portuguese Magellan succeededin circumnavigating the globe. There was now no reason why ?1 See accompanying reproduction of Behaims globe.. An Old Map of the Globe, showing the Conception of theWorld in the Time of Columbus Medieval Towns — their Business and Buildings S 31 the new lands should not become more and more familiar tothe European nations. The coast of North America was ex-plored principally by English navigators, who for over a centurypressed northward, still in the vain hope of finding a northwestpassage to the Spice Islands. Cortes began the Spanish conquests in the western world by The Spanishundertaking the subjugation of the Aztec empire in Mexico in Amerka^1519. A few years later Pizarro established the Spanish powerin Peru. Spain now superseded Portugal as a maritime power, and her importance in the sixteenth century is to be attributedlargely to the wealth which came to her from her possessionsin the New World. By the end of the century the Spanish main — that is, the The Spanishnorthern coast of South America — was much frequented by ™^adventurous seamen, who combi

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