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In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue. The Age of Exploration. Who Really Discovered America?. Possibly Phoenicians (480-146 BC) Stone altars in NH, coins Romans (AD 64) Coins, goblets, shields, weapons etc in Chesapeake Persecution of Jews, Christians under Nero Irish Monks (AD 551)

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In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

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  1. In 1492 Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue The Age of Exploration

  2. Who Really Discovered America? • Possibly • Phoenicians (480-146 BC) • Stone altars in NH, coins • Romans (AD 64) • Coins, goblets, shields, weapons etc in Chesapeake • Persecution of Jews, Christians under Nero • Irish Monks (AD 551) • Saga of Brendan • Irish wool dated to that time period in New England (no sheep in New World yet)

  3. Who Really Discovered America? • For Sure • Vikings (AD 982-986) • Historical and archeological record • Vinland = New Foundland • Trading and fishing settlements • Initially friendly relations • 1171 driven out

  4. Beginnings • Portuguese begin era of exploration (1400s) • Stable political situation • Technology • Caravel • Astrolabe • Compass • Round Africa to Indies • Slave trade, Spices

  5. Beginnings • Spain (1492) • Begins after defeat of Moors (stable political situation) • Everyone knew the world was round • Looking for spice routes • God, Gold, Glory • Columbus coins phrase “New World” after 4th voyage

  6. 1491 • ~75 million inhabitants • Highest population in Central and South America • Several cities of over 1 million • Paris, London, Naples only ~100,000 • ~10 million in N. America • Densest concentrations on east and west coasts • Sophisticated, well-developed social and government structures • Little technology • Only decorative metal working, no wheel • No pigs, sheep, horses, cattle, goats, chickens • Sources of protein, labor • None of the associated diseases – measles, mumps, smallpox, etc

  7. Spanish Colonies and Expeditions

  8. European voyages of exploration By the mid-16th c. Europeans had explored most of the Atlantic coast of North America and penetrated into the interior in the disastrous expeditions of de Soto and Coronado.

  9. Hmmm… • “Why did Columbus’ voyages have so much more impact than the Vikings or other early explorer/discoverers?” • Use historical facts to support your position.

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