Absolutism

He set out on his trip with five ships, he sailed around South America, then he sailed across the Pacific to the Philipines. He was killed in a fight with the locals in the Philipines. The rest of his crew sailed across the Indain Ocean and to Africa. This proved the world was indeed round, and it could be travelled the whole way around. Also he proved that automatically fighting with the natives of the newly discovered areas was not nessecaty and could end fatally. Making “friends” with the indigenous peoples could later prove helpful.
The triangular trade linked Europe, Asia and the Americas. "Slaves, sugar and rum" were traded. Africa traded "slaves" Americas tr...