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Bell RingerWhat were determining factors that led to the Age of Explorations?Agenda/ObjectivesWe are going to take a look at what made the European Explorations possible.

Who led in the explorations?

What inventions were needed for the explorations to be succesful?Encouraging ExplorationThe 3 Gs

Gold God Glory

Europeans seek greater wealthDesire for new sources of wealth was the main reason for European exploration.

Muslims and Italians controlled the trade (had to bypass them from east to west)

Monarchs of England, Spain, Portugal, and France sought to bypass the Italian merchants. #Sea route Spread of ChristianityAfter the crusades 1096 to 1270, European nations wanted to spread Christianity throughout the world.

to serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do- Bartolomeu DiasTechnological Advances1200s impossible for a sea captain to travel 3,000 miles and return.

1400s- new vessel created called the caravel could sail against the wind.Sailors also began to use the astrolabe.- Brass circle with carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees.A captain was able to tell how far north and south the equator was.

What was the European Nation that led the way in exploration?Portugal

Gold, God, GloryHow could one achieve one of the three Gs?Portugal leads the wayLeader in developing and applying sailing innovations.

First to establish trading post along the West coast of Africa. Prince HenrySon of Portugals king.1415 helped conquer the Muslim city of Ceuta in North Africa.Found pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, gold, silver, and jewels.Prince Henry 1419 founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. - mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientist, and sea captains perfected their trade.

1460 Henry died but with his help Portugal began creeping down Africa and making more trading post.Portugal reaches AsiaBelieved they had to sail around the Southern tip of Africa.

1487- Captain Bartolomeu Dias reached the Southern tip of Africa.

1498- Vasco da Gama reached the port of Calicut, on the Southwestern coast of India.da Gama was given a heros welcome. His 27,000 mile journey found a sea route to India.#Gold,God,GlorySpanish ClaimsDesired a direct route to Asia.1492 An Italian sea captain, Christopher Columbus convinced Spain to finance his journey.October 1492 reached an island in the Caribbean.

His journey increased tensions between Spain and PortugalSpanish Claims1493 Pope Alexander VI stepped in to try to keep peace and suggested an imaginary line north to south that separated the two empires.1494 Treaty of Tordesillas, both groups signed the treaty and agreed to abide by it.Trading empires in the Indian OceanEuropean nations scrambled to establish profitable trading outposts along the shores of South and Southeast Asia.

Portugal built trading post along the Indian Ocean.Portugal Trading Empire1509 extended control by defeating a Muslim fleet

1510 Captured the Port Goa on Indias west coast

1511- Captured the city of MalaccaPortugal Trading EmpireThey were able to bring back goods at a fifth of the price they would have paid through the Arabs and Italians.

By the 1600s the rest of Europe had begun to descend upon Asia.Portuguese lose powerDutch and the English began to challenge power over the Indian ocean trade.

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