Age of Exploration:
Ch. 15

What ideas/thoughts/movements from Chapters 13&14 may have led to the Age of Exploration?
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Trade from 7 th to 15 th Century
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Afro-Eurasian Trade World
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Indian Ocean: the center of this Network
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Marco Polo: 1271-1295
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China = most advanced economy
– Led exploration
– Zheng He: 1405-1433
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Africa: Main source of gold and slaves
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Middle East: Persian Safavids and Turkish
Ottomans

Religious
Economic
Political
The Three
G’s
Causes of European Expansion

Technology and the Rise of Exploration
1. New Technology a. The Astrolabe b. The Magnetic Compass c. The Quadrant or Backstaff
2. Improvements in Cartography a. Ptolemy’s geography b. Knowledge of Earth expanded c. Maps produced were more accurate
3. Stronger Ships a. Caravel b. Lateen (triangular) Sails c. Shallow Keel

Waldseemüller World Map
This is the first map that labels the New World as “America,” in honor of Amerigo Vespucci. Published in 1507.

The European Voyages of Discovery
A. The Portuguese Overseas Empire
1. Favorable Geography
2. Henry the Navigator (1394–1460)
3. Vasco da Gama

How did these explorations begin?
 “ Prince Henry the
Navigator
”

Started an institute for seafaring and exploring; schools of seamanship!

Combined ship technology learned from
Islam with new European innovations

Vasco Da Gama
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Born: c. 1469
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Birthplace: Sines,
Portugal
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Died: 24 December
1524
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Best Known As:
Portuguese explorer who opened up the first sea route to India.

Christopher Columbus
 1492 “Columbus sailed the ocean blue
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Sponsor: Spain
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Wanted to find a western route to Asia
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Small ships, weather, and disease were obstacles

First European to discover a sea route to
America.
Discovered “New World”

Columbus’ Four Voyages

Line of Demarcation:1493

After Columbus returned, Pope Alexander VI (r. 1492-
1503), a Spaniard, established a line to distinguish
Spanish & Portuguese claims

In 1492 Columbus Sails the
Ocean Blue..

Video: http://youtu.be/NjEGncridoQ
– List two outcomes of Columbus’ voyage to the
Americas while watching this video
– Who were the King and Queen of Spain?

Columbus reaches the “New World”

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”
American Indians are displaced, killed in battle over territory, and enslaved
.

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The Columbian
Exchange begins
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”
American Indians are displaced, killed in battle over territory, and enslaved.

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The Columbian
Exchange begins
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”
American Indians are displaced, killed in battle over territory, and enslaved.
Europeans brought many items with them that were previously unknown in the Western Hemisphere.*

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The Columbian
Exchange begins
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”
American Indians are displaced, killed in battle over territory, and enslaved.
Europeans brought many items with them that were previously unknown in the Western Hemisphere
.
Europeans brought home many items previously unknown in the Eastern
Hemisphere.*

Columbus reaches the “New World”
Other European nations begin funding
“voyages of discovery”
The Columbian
Exchange begins
The French, English, and Dutch send explorers in search of a Northwest
Passage to Asia.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle land in the “New World.”
American Indians are displaced, killed in battle over territory, and enslaved.
Europeans brought many items with them that were previously unknown in the Western Hemisphere.
Europeans brought home many items previously unknown in the Eastern
Hemisphere.
Millions of American Indians die from
European diseases.

Effects of Exploration
Good:

Doors to the Americas were opened
 A ‘New World’ was discovered
Bad:

Natives got diseases that killed them

Natives lost their freedom, customs and pride
 “Price Revolution”