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Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters. European explorations Portugal Economic Motives Religious Motives Technological innovations. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters.

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Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

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  1. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

  2. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • European explorations • Portugal • Economic Motives • Religious Motives • Technological innovations

  3. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

  4. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • Voyages of Exploration (15th and 16th centuries) • Portugal • Christopher Columbus (1492) • Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513) • Ferdinand Magellan (1519-21)

  5. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

  6. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

  7. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • Vitus Bering (1725-30, 1733-42) • Captain James Cook (1728-1779)

  8. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • Trade and conflict in Asia • Focus of European competition • Trading Companies • European conquests of Asia • Spain • Holland • Russia

  9. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • Trading interests in Asia led to conflicts among the European powers • Seven Years’ War (1756-63)

  10. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters

  11. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • The Columbian Exchange • What is it? • Role of Disease

  12. Transoceanic Encounters and Global Encounters • Crops and Animals • Led to global population growth • 425 million in 1500 • 545 million in 1600 • 610 million in 1700 • 720 million in 1750 • 900 million in 1800 • Shifts in Human populations between 1500 and 1800

  13. Transoceanic Encounters and Global EncountersWorld Population 1500-1800

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