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Europeans explore the world

Europeans explore the world. Lesson 3. Christopher Columbus. Columbus was a respected Italian sailor in the 1400s. He had a new plan to reach Asia by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (this is what they used to call the Atlantic Ocean!).

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Europeans explore the world

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  1. Europeans explore the world Lesson 3

  2. Christopher Columbus • Columbus was a respected Italian sailor in the 1400s. • He had a new plan to reach Asia by sailing west across the Ocean Sea (this is what they used to call the Atlantic Ocean!) • Columbus took his plan to the King of Portugal in 1482 – he said NO. • In 1485 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain said YES!

  3. Why Did Spain say yes? • Spain said YES to Columbus because he promised the king & queen wealth and new lands. • Columbus also told the monarchs that he was going to take the Catholic religion to the people of Asia.

  4. Columbus’s Voyage • On August 3, 1492 Columbus and 90 sailors left from Spain. • They took three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. • They did not reach land until October 12, 1492. • Columbus thought he had reached Asia. • He was actually in San Salvador! (the Bahamas)

  5. An Unknown continent • All monarchs wanted to send sailors on Columbus’s route. • In 1497 the King of England paid an Italian named Giovanni Caboto to lead an expedition. • Caboto took a route much further north than Columbus. • Caboto reached present-day Canada! (He thought it was Asia) • He told England that he found a land so full of fish that no one would ever starve. • He was renamed “John Cabot.”

  6. Even though many people believed that Columbus and Cabot found new routes to asia, some had their doubts….

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  8. Amerigo Vespucci • Vespucci traveled on the Ocean Sea and did not see any evidence that Columbus & Cabot were actually in Asia. • Vespucci has the idea that they had been in an unknown continent/a new world. • This continent was named AMERICA after Amerigo Vespucci.

  9. Vasco Nunez de Balboa • Vasco Nunez de Balboa was the first to PROVE Vespucci’s idea. • He crossed the land between North and South America through the Isthmus of Panama. • He actually reached the Pacific Ocean not Asia.

  10. First Voyage around the world • The problem is still there: no western route to Asia  • Spain sent Ferdinand Magellen with 5 ships to try to find a water route to Asia. • He tried many rivers, but never found a way to cut across South America fromthe Atlantic to the Pacific by WATER.

  11. The voyage was ROUGH – disease, storms, conflict with natives and hunger • Magellen himself never made it back. • 18 men out of 250 returned to Spain alive in 1522, BUT those 18 made it all the way around the world!

  12. Spain Challenges portugal • Spain and Portugal always disagreed about who owned what land. • Both nations were Catholic so they decided to ask the pope to settle the argument.

  13. The pope drew a line on a map to settle the argument. • All the land to the left of the line belonged to Spain. • All the land to the right belonged to Portugal. • A treaty was signed to “seal the deal.”

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