Do you agree or disagree that the following is the main claim made by the historian? Explain. The governing class of the eleventh to thirteenth centuries, consisting of rich, educated families usually living in an urban environment on the income from their estates, despied physical effort and wished to stand aloof from traditions of the steppe and from popular amusements.

1. discovered the new world balboa 2. explored the north american southwest hudson 3. his crew was the first to sail around the world vespucci 4. conquered the incas of peru cortes 5. discovered the pacific ocean columbus 6. conquered the aztecs of mexico cabot 7. discovered fishing grounds off newfoundland pizarro 8. looted spanish vessels for england drake 9. claimed the hudson river area for dutch coronado 10. priest who explored the mississippi marquette 11. man for whom the new world is named magellan