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The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests. By: slideshare.net. Earlier Explorations. Islam & the Spice Trade  Malacca A New Player  Europe Nicolo, Maffeo, & Marco Polo, 1271 Expansion becomes a state enterprise  monarchs had the authority & the resources.

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  1. The Age of Early European Explorations & Conquests By: slideshare.net

  2. Earlier Explorations • Islam & the Spice Trade  Malacca • A New Player  Europe • Nicolo, Maffeo, & Marco Polo, 1271 • Expansion becomes a state enterprise  monarchs had the authority & the resources. • Better seaworthy ships. • Chinese Admiral Zheng He & the Ming “Treasure Fleet”

  3. Admiral Zheng He • Each ship was 400’ long and 160’ wide! 1371-1435

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

  5. 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.

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

  7. New Weapons Technology

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

  9. Museum of Navigationin Lisbon

  10. 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).

  11. Zheng He’s Voyages • In 1498, Da Gama reached Calcutta, China’s favorite port!

  12. Christofo Colon [1451-1506]

  13. Columbus’ Four Voyages

  14. Other Voyages of Exploration

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

  16. Atlantic Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”

  17. The First Spanish Conquests:The Aztecs vs. Fernando Cortez Montezuma II

  18. The Death of Montezuma II

  19. Mexico Surrenders to Cortez

  20. The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas vs. Francisco Pizarro Atahualpa

  21. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

  22. Why would the 'Columbian Exchange' be considered the tsunami of unintentional "bio-terrorism"??

  23. Squash • Avocado • Peppers • Sweet Potatoes • Turkey • Pumpkin • Tobacco • Quinine • Cocoa • Pineapple • Cassava • POTATO • Peanut • TOMATO • Vanilla • MAIZE • Syphilis • Trinkets • Liquor • GUNS • Olive • COFFEE BEAN • Banana • Rice • Onion • Turnip • Honeybee • Barley • Grape • Peach • SUGAR CANE • Oats • Citrus Fruits • Pear • Wheat • HORSE • Cattle • Sheep • Pigs • Smallpox • Flu • Typhus • Measles • Malaria • Diptheria • Whooping Cough The “Columbian Exchange”

  24. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conquistadores OfficialEuropeanColony! Missionaries PermanentSettlers

  25. Treasuresfrom the Americas!

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