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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration. Chapter 14 and Chapter 15. Why?. Trade spices, silks, jade Moluccas- island chain known as the spice islands Curiosity Religion. Portugal. Prince Henry the Navigator Conversions, Muslim Riches, Asia Recruitment: Cartographers, sailors, ship builders, engineers

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Age of Exploration

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  1. Age of Exploration Chapter 14 and Chapter 15

  2. Why? • Trade • spices, silks, jade • Moluccas- island chain known as the spice islands • Curiosity • Religion

  3. Portugal • Prince Henry the Navigator • Conversions, Muslim Riches, Asia • Recruitment: Cartographers, sailors, ship builders, engineers • Dies in 1460 • Bartholomeu Dias • rounded Cape of Good Hope in 1488 • Vasco da Gama • Voyage to Calicut in India • Imprisoned • Returns with minimal goods (300% profit) • Second Voyage to Calicut to force a treaty and leave merchants

  4. Christopher Columbus • Believed he could sail west and reach the East Indies • Portugal would not sponsor him • Ferdinand and Isabella did though • Spanish Inquisition forces Jews and many wealthy people out; seeking riches and prestige • First Voyage: Aug. 3, 1492  Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria • Reach land Oct. 12 • Total of 4 voyages

  5. Exploratory Conflict • Line of Demarcation: split the globe • Pope Alexander VI • Spain gets west, Portugal gets East • Treaty of Tordesillas

  6. Other Early Explorers • Amerigo Vespucci (Itl) • Journals voyage to Brazil • Martin Waldseemuller • Used Vespucci’s journals to map the “Americas” • Vasco Nunez de Balboa(Spain) • Helped by Indians to get through Panama

  7. Ferdinand Magellan • From Portugal • Set out with 5 ships from Spain • Reached S. Am. and explored every bay • Finally reaches southern tip  Strait of Magellan • Brutal Storms, Winds, and Tides • Renames South Sea Pacific • Crew wanted to return, Magellan wanted to continue • 3 wks to spice islands, took 4 months • Magellan is killed at the Philippines • Sept. 8, 1522  return with 1 ship and 18 sailors • 1st to Circumnavigate

  8. Exploration of Africa • Portugal sets up minor establishments along African Coast • Wish to cut out Middle men • African goods: gold, ivory, hides, slaves • Took over Mambasa and Malindi • Expelled Arabs

  9. African Slave Trade • slavery has been around for thousands of years • Euro. Used slave labor for plantations • Plantation: large estates run by an owner or an owner’s overseer • slave raids by rulers and “companies”

  10. African Resistance • Affonso I, ruled Kongo • Had been tortured by Port. Missionaries • He asked Portugal to help develop Kongo • Results in overwhelming slave trade • Banned in some areas

  11. African Civilizations • Asante Kingdom (Ghana) • Osei Tutu-military leader that took over • United area by claiming to be ruler through power of heaven • Created government based on merit • Monopolies on gold and slave trade • Played Europeans against each other • Oyo Empire • Forest kingdom composed of Yoruba people • Built army from slavery wealth

  12. European Expansion • British, Dutch, and French take over as Portugal declines • Establish colonies • Dutch build Cape Town at tip of Africa • First permanent European settlement • Boers settle around the area • Locals are killed off due to elitist views

  13. Europe in Asia • Portuguese had a superior navy with better cannons • Alfonso de Albuquerque • Sailed to Asia • Mughal Empire – Muslim controlled lands in central Asia • Trading Outposts • 1510- Portuguese take Goa • Becomes a major mil./commercial base • 1511- Portugal takes Malacca = the Muslim city in East Indies • Outposts: distant areas under a country’s control

  14. Dutch Exploration • 1599- Dutch fleet returns successfully from Asia • Set up Cape Town • Dutch East India Company – group of wealthy Dutch merchants • had full sovereign powers • 1641- Dutch take Malacca • Use their military to create a monopoly on trade in the region

  15. Spanish Exploration • Took over the Philippines • Conquered and named after Phillip II

  16. Mughal India • Europeans allowed building forts • Empire shatters by corruption and power struggles • European companies raise armies • Eypoys – Indian troops

  17. East Asian Exploration

  18. Europeans have inferior products Chinese demand silver and gold Macao (Guangzhou) Portuguese trading post in China Rules: Trade only under supervision Leave at the end of the trade season Ming China

  19. Manchu Conquest • Manchu – Manchurians from NW China • Qing (ching) Dynasty • Adopted Confucianism • 2 rulers (1 Manchu/ 1 Chinese) • Local governments were maintained • Army station to ensure loyalty

  20. Manchu Rulers • Kangxi • Expanded empire, promoted Chinese culture • Qianlong • Kangxi’s grandson • Created largest Chinese empire in history • Retired after 60 years for grandfather’s sake

  21. Diplomat Brought sample products (Strike 1) Refusal to bow meeting the emperor (Strike 2) Discussions of the natural superiority of the English (Strike 3) Lord Macartney

  22. Welcomed westerners at first Use of European weapons may have stabilized the country Japanese welcome Christianity and the printing press Sources of fear: Knew of Spanish take-over of Philippines Christian allegiance Japan

  23. Japan cont. • Missionaries kicked out • Japanese Christians persecuted and killed • Complete Isolation • Outlawed travel, large ship building • Allowed 1-2 Dutch ships in Nagasaki per year to keep informed

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