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Exploration a nd Expansion

Exploration a nd Expansion. 13 th Century. Marco Polo traveled to China. Motives. “Gold, glory, and God” Religious zeal (spreading Christianity) Adventure Riches. Portugal. 1420 Prince Henry the Navigator 1488 Bartholomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope

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Exploration a nd Expansion

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  1. Exploration and Expansion

  2. 13th Century • Marco Polo traveled to China

  3. Motives “Gold, glory, and God” • Religious zeal (spreading Christianity) • Adventure • Riches

  4. Portugal • 1420 Prince Henry the Navigator • 1488 Bartholomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope • 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa • 1500 Pedro Alvares reached Brazil, claimed it for Portugal

  5. Brazil

  6. Spain • Christopher Columbus believed he could reach Asia (Indies) by sailing west

  7. Treaty of Tordesillas • 1494 Line of Demarcation • North/South separated unexplored lands between Spain and Portugal

  8. 1501 • Amerigo Vespucci

  9. Balboa • Discovered the Pacific Ocean

  10. Magellan • First to circumnavigate the world

  11. (left) Ferdinand Magellan, (right) Discovery of Magellan Strait by an unknown artist

  12. Conquistadors • Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters

  13. Cortes • Cortes conquered the Aztecs and their King Montezuma II (1521)

  14. Spanish advantages • Superior weapons • Help of various native groups • disease

  15. Defeat of Inca • Pizarro and about 200 Conquistadors defeated Inca with a force of 30,000 led by Atahualpa

  16. Mestizo • Mixed Spanish and Native American descent

  17. The Columbian Exchange

  18. Exploration and Expansion • 13th Century Marco Polo traveled to China • East (Asia) expensive spices which were needed to preserve and flavor food Motives- Religious zeal (spread Christianity), riches and adventure • “God, glory, and gold” Portugal • 1420 Portugal Prince Henry the navigator • 1488 Bartholomeudias rounded the cape of Good Hope • 1498 Vasco da Gama reached India (spices) by sailing around Africa • 1500 Alvares reached Brazil claimed it for Portugal Spain Christopher Columbus (Italian) believed he could reach Asia by sailing west The islands he explored he called the Indies • Line of Demarcation- (1494) Treaty of Tordesillas ran North- South • separating unexplored lands between Spain and Portugal • John Cabot explored New England coastline for England • Amerigo Vespucci- Traveled coast of South America, He claimed (in letters) this was not Asia but a New World. The land was named after him, America

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