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Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration. Summary. Europeans explored new ocean trade routes Explorations were funded by powerful countries who had economic and religious motivations New technologies allowed ppl to sail further distances

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Age of Exploration

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  1. Age of Exploration

  2. Summary Europeans explored new ocean trade routes Explorations were funded by powerful countries who had economic and religious motivations New technologies allowed ppl to sail further distances Some explorations resulted in EUROPEAN DISCOVERY of new lands (South America) What were the Europeans' motives for exploring the world? What advances in technology made the voyages of discovery possible? What voyages were made by: DaGama, Columbus, and Magellan?

  3. Age of Exploration • A time period when Europeans began to explore the rest of the world, 1500’s • Renaissance-countries had gained enormous wealth which contributed to the AofE • Powerful countries • Spain • Portugal • Netherlands (The Dutch) • France and England

  4. Factors Driving Exploration Economic and Religious • GOLD • Glory • god Technology • Printing Press-gain new access to info on geography • Gunpowder-using military force to secure new trade routes • Naval Technology-magnetic compass, better maps, astrolabe for latitude

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