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1400-1700. Exploration and Expansion. The Voyages of Discovery. Age of Exploration- A spirit of discovery and innovation that led Europeans to set sail to discover new routes or lands. Why. Wealth Luxury Goods like spices , silk, perfume, and jade from China and India Routes- For Trade
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1400-1700 Exploration and Expansion
The Voyages of Discovery • Age of Exploration- A spirit of discovery and innovation that led Europeans to set sail to discover new routes or lands.
Why • Wealth • Luxury Goods like spices , silk, perfume, and jade from China and India • Routes- For Trade • Glory- Honor • Faith • Curiosity- M. Polo
Inventions • Compass • Astrolabe- Sun and stars and horizon (Muslims) • Deep Draft Ships- rode lower in water • Caravel- Light fast sailing ship (Had rudder rather than ores) had lateen sails
Iberian Peninsula • Henry the Navigator- Patron and supporter of those who wished to explore. • Henry had small courts (Portugal) • They studied Africa and guess what they found? http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=463232A3-B21B-4A31-9CED-13F5E9592E07&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US
In Search of a Route • He wanted to find a water route around Africa to India. • Henry Died, but the Portuguese explores did not abandon their attempts to find the route. • 1488- Bartolomeu Dias became the 1st European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope) • Storms made them turn back.
Vasco de Gama • Set out to India in 1497. • He found that the Muslims were active in Indian Trade • Pedro Cabral followed after Gama and founded Brazil. • In India, the Portuguese created trading centers.
The Spanish • Christopher Columbus was sponsored b Ferdinand and Isabella • He believed that he could sail west around the world from Spain to reach China. • He didn’t know where the Americas lay across the Atlantic • Thought the Caribbean were the Indies • He returned with parrots, jewels, gold, and plants. • Brought NA and baptized them.
Columbus never reached Asia even after three more voyages. • 1502- Amerigo Vespucci sailed along South America and called Columbus’s discovery “A new Land” • 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama.- 1st European to see the Pacific.
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Ferdinand Magellan- Born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. • His five ships reached the Philippines (Killed by Natives) • In early September 8, 1522 18 survivors of the original fleet arrived in Spain. They had circumnavigated the world.
The English • John Cabot- sailed from England to the Atlantic coast (Canada) (His ships disappeared) • Sir Francis Drake- He rounded the tip of South America and explored its west coast. Second man to circumnavigate the globe. • Henry Hudson- http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=9ACEF62D-24D1-4895-9054-1B9BA89720E2&blnFromSearch=1&productcode=US