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The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests

The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests. A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492. Motives for European Exploration. Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. Reformation  refugees & missionaries.

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The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests

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  1. The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests

  2. A Map of the Known World,pre- 1492

  3. Motives for European Exploration Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. Reformation  refugees & missionaries. Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue. Technological advances. Fame and fortune.

  4. New Maritime Technologies Better Maps [Portulan] Hartman Astrolabe(1532) Mariner’s Compass Sextant

  5. New Weapons Technology

  6. Prince Henry, the Navigator • School for Navigation, 1419

  7. Museum of Navigationin Lisbon

  8. Portuguese Maritime Empire • Exploring the west coast of Africa. • Bartolomeo Dias, 1487. • Vasco da Gama, 1498. • Calicut. • Admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque (Goa, 1510; Malacca, 1511).

  9. Christofo Colon [1451-1506]

  10. Columbus’ Four Voyages

  11. Other Voyages of Exploration

  12. Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World:Early 16c

  13. Other Explorations of the Pacific Native populations ravaged by disease. Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate.[“Price Revolution”] New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. Deepened colonial rivalries.

  14. Impact of European Expansion • Exploration of the Pacific took three centuries to complete • English mariners searched for a northwest passage from Europe to Asia • Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer Led three expeditions to the Pacific, the Arctic, Australia; died in Hawaii • By late eighteenth century, Europeans had reasonably accurate geographical knowledge of the world

  15. Atlantic Explorations

  16. Impact of European Expansion Native populations ravaged by disease. Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate.[“Price Revolution”] New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. Deepened colonial rivalries.

  17. 5. New Patterns of World Trade

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