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Columbus Sails to the West

Columbus Sails to the West. Do Now. If I wanted to sail west from Europe to the Moluccas Islands (Spice Islands), what might be two problems that I may encounter ?. Aim. Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful?. PQ1. Who was Christopher Columbus?.

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Columbus Sails to the West

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  1. Columbus Sails to the West

  2. Do Now • If I wanted to sail west from Europe to the Moluccas Islands (Spice Islands), what might be two problems that I may encounter?

  3. Aim • Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful?

  4. PQ1 • Who was Christopher Columbus?

  5. Christopher Columbus • Late 1400s • Italian navigator from Genoa, Italy • Columbus persuaded King Ferdinand (1492) and Isabella to finance his Indies enterprise • Happy to do so (driven Muslims from Spain) • Sought new sources of wealth • August 3, 1492 Columbus sailed west • October 12, 1492 Columbus found land

  6. PQ2 • To what extent was Columbus convinced he discovered the East Indies (Spice Islands)?

  7. PQ3 • What divided land between Spain and Portugal?

  8. Line of Demarcation • Spain and Portugal pressed rival claims to the lands of Columbus • 1493: Pope Alexander VI stepped in • Set a demarcation line dividing the non-European world into two zones • Spain had land to the west • Portugal had land to the east • 1500: Portuguese captain Pedro Alvarez Cabral was blown off course as he sailed around Africa • Landed in Brazil; he claimed it for Portugal

  9. PQ3 • What were other exploration attempts and were they successful?

  10. Vasco Nunez de Balboac. 1513

  11. Ferdinand Magellan 1519-1521

  12. John Cabot of England1497

  13. Henry Hudson sailing for the Dutch

  14. Exit Card • Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful? Explain.

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