Mrs. Craig
 Cannon
 Galley
to caravel
 Manpower to wind power
 Magnetic compass
 Astrolabe
 Nocturnal
 Maps!!!
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Gold, God, and Glory!!!
New idea of man discovering the world
around him
Spices
“keeping up with the Jones…ah the Moors”
Maybe --- spreading Christianity!
Bottom line---- WEALTH (to all who
ventured)
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Spain- Isabella hated to lose
Portugal- first on the exploration kick with
Henry the Navigator
How to break up the competition??? Enter the
POPE!!!
Pope Alexander VI (aka Borgia) grants all
territory south and west in the Atlantic to
Spain
Treaty of Tordesilla(1493) moves the papal
line of demarcation west to give Portugal --Brazil!!!
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Bartholomew Diaz-Cape of Good Hope(Africa)
Columbus- to India but runs aground in NA
De Gama – does get to India by going east
Cabot – to NA – Nova Scotia, Newfoundland
Cabral- to Brazil
Balboa – to Pacific from Panama
Magellan- goes ‘round the world
Cortes- conquers Aztecs and Mexico
Pizzaro- conquers Incas and Peru
Portuguese- to Japan and Macao
Raleigh- attempts colony Roanoke Island, NC
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From Old World to New– migration of people,
horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, sugar
cane, small pox, wheat, grapevines, olive
trees
From New World to Old- corn, white
potatoes, beans, squash, pumpkins,
tomatoes, and syphilis
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In flux of precious metals- gold and silver
Populatin increase
Price revolution
Inflation
Textile industry hurt