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Age Of Discovery- Columbian Exchange

Age Of Discovery- Columbian Exchange. Mrs. Craig. Technological improvements. Cannon Galley to caravel Manpower to wind power Magnetic compass Astrolabe Nocturnal Maps!!!. Motives. Gold, God, and Glory!!! New idea of man discovering the world around him Spices

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Age Of Discovery- Columbian Exchange

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  1. Age Of Discovery- Columbian Exchange Mrs. Craig

  2. Technological improvements • Cannon • Galley to caravel • Manpower to wind power • Magnetic compass • Astrolabe • Nocturnal • Maps!!!

  3. Motives • Gold, God, and Glory!!! • New idea of man discovering the world around him • Spices • “keeping up with the Jones…ah the Moors” • Maybe --- spreading Christianity! • Bottom line---- WEALTH (to all who ventured)

  4. Rivalry on the Iberian Peninsula • Spain- Isabella hated to lose • Portugal- first on the exploration kick with Henry the Navigator • How to break up the competition??? Enter the POPE!!! • Pope Alexander VI (aka Borgia) grants all territory south and west in the Atlantic to Spain • Treaty of Tordesilla(1493) moves the papal line of demarcation west to give Portugal ---Brazil!!!

  5. Major Explorers • Bartholomew Diaz-Cape of Good Hope(Africa) • Columbus- to India but runs aground in NA • De Gama – does get to India by going east • Cabot – to NA – Nova Scotia, Newfoundland • Cabral- to Brazil • Balboa – to Pacific from Panama • Magellan- goes ‘round the world • Cortes- conquers Aztecs and Mexico • Pizzaro- conquers Incas and Peru • Portuguese- to Japan and Macao • Raleigh- attempts colony Roanoke Island, NC

  6. Columbian Exchange • From Old World to New– migration of people, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, sugar cane, small pox, wheat, grapevines, olive trees • From New World to Old- corn, white potatoes, beans, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, and syphilis

  7. Golden Century of Spain??? • In flux of precious metals- gold and silver • Populatin increase • Price revolution • Inflation • Textile industry hurt

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