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Age of Exploration (1450 - 1750)
“God, gold and glory”
“God, gold and glory”
I. Motives for Exploration A- E (MAKE A LIST) A. Technological
Advances 1. improved navigational methods:
2. - magnetic compass and astrolabe
- improved maps and charts
2. improved ship designs
- the caravel
3. improved weapons
- gunpowder and cannons
Why would this be important?
B. Desire for wealth
1. gain access to the spice trade (also sugar and silk)
Arab and Italian merchants had a monopoly
2. find new sources of gold and silver
C. Growth of Nation-States
1. centralized power (kings and queens who have absolute power at home, allowed for an outward push and colonization of new lands. D. Religious devotion / Crusading Spirit
1. desire to convert new people to Christianity
2. to strike a blow against the Muslims
E. Renaissance Spirit and Values
1. desire to learn about the world (intellectual curiosity)
- Marco Polo returns with stories of the riches in Asia.
2. desire for adventure, fortune, fame and glory.
II. Portugal and Spain
A. Portugal
1. Portugal led the way
in exploration
a. Prince Henry the Navigator encourages exploration and
the study of improvements in seafaring.
b.location – Portugal was well situated to explore based on routes available to explore.
2. Portuguese sailors explored the coast of Africa in an attempt to find a water route to Asian trade.
3. Portuguese explorers included:
Bartholomeu Dias - first to sail around the southern tip ofAfrica
Vasco da Gama - discovered an all water trade route between Portugal and India.
B. Spain
1. Columbus (an Italian) sails West in an attempt to reach Asia.
a. opened the Americas
to European
colonization and trade.
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)- Spain and Portugal sign a
treaty dividing the newly discovered lands
between the two nations
How would you view this treaty if you were the English, French or other Europeans
•Amerigo Vespucci –
Explored the coast of the newly discovered lands
Suggested Columbus had actually discovered a new world
Vespucci’s name begins to appear on maps of the New World.
America gets its name from him.
•Ferdinand Magellan –
attempted to find a Western route to Asia, one of his ships will complete the first circumnavigation of the earth. (1519-1522)
Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes arrived inMexico in 1519.Cortes along with native allies defeated the Aztec.
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The “Columbian The “Columbian Exchange”Exchange”
The “Columbian The “Columbian Exchange”Exchange” Squash Avocado Peppers Sweet
Potatoes
Turkey Pumpkin Tobacco Quinine
Cocoa Pineapple
Cassava POTATO
Peanut TOMATO Vanilla MAIZE
Syphilis
Olive COFFEE BEAN Banana Rice
Onion Turnip Honeybee Barley
Grape Peach SUGAR CANE
Oats
Citrus Fruits Pear Wheat HORSE
Cattle Sheep Pigs Smallpox
Flu Typhus Measles Malaria
Diptheria Whooping Cough
Trinkets
Liquor
GUNS