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Chapter 16: Exploration and Expansion 1400-1800. Section 3: Voyages of Portugal and Spain. PORTUGAL. Prince Henry. The Navigator Responsible for Portugal’s interest in exploration. Bartolomeu Dias. Found new route to the Indian Ocean Around Cape of Good Hope. VASCO da GAMA.
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Chapter 16: Exploration and Expansion 1400-1800 Section 3: Voyages of Portugal and Spain
Prince Henry • The Navigator • Responsible for Portugal’s interest in exploration
Bartolomeu Dias • Found new route to the Indian Ocean • Around Cape of Good Hope
VASCO da GAMA • Sailed eastward across the Indian Ocean • Landed in India • Brought many valuable goods to Portugal
Dias and da Gama’s Contribution • Now an overseas trade route from Europe to India and the East Indies
October 12, 1492 landed in Americas • Today known as Bahamas • He landed in “West Indies” because be believed he landed in Asia
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE • Massive exchange between New World and Old World (Europe) • Corn & potatoes to Europe • Horses to Native Americans • Diseases to Americas
Amerigo Vespucci • Argued that new lands to the west were not part of Asia
Ferdinand Magellan • Found a route to the Pacific Ocean