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The Age of Exploration

The Age of Exploration. 15 th and 16 th centuries. Technological Advancements. Renaissance ideas were applied to exploration Magnetic compass Cannon Caravel Smaller, wind-powered ship Portuguese invention Astrolabe Determined latitude, direction north or south of Equator Better Maps.

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The Age of Exploration

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  1. The Age of Exploration 15th and 16th centuries

  2. Technological Advancements • Renaissance ideas were applied to exploration • Magnetic compass • Cannon • Caravel • Smaller, wind-powered ship • Portuguese invention • Astrolabe • Determined latitude, direction north or south of Equator • Better Maps

  3. 1507 Waldseemuller Map

  4. Why Explore? • God • Spread the Catholic religion, primarily • Gold • Financial opportunities: gold, silver, spices • Leaders want more $ and support exploration (Henry the Navigator) • Glory • The ability to brag or be the best Euro country. • Gateway • Access to other markets #1 motive: Material Profit…$, supplies

  5. Portuguese Symbolism in Art

  6. Portugal: 1st to Explore • Goals of exploration: • Christianize • Gold • Access to spice markets in India • Supported by Prince Henry the Navigator, King Manuel I • Got in on gold trade in the Mediterranean Sea • Made $ necessary for more expeditions • Will own Brazil by 1500 • Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494

  7. Treaty of Tordesillas Spain Portugal

  8. Manuelian Architecture

  9. Portuguese Explorers • Bartholomew Diaz, 1478 • Sailed to the Cape of Good Hope (Africa) • Vasco da Gama, 1497-1499 • Sailed to India, returned with spices & cloth

  10. Lisbon, Portugal

  11. Lisbon, PortugalEntrance Port to Europe

  12. Christopher Columbus • An Italian who sailed for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain • Cristobal Columbo • Columbus begged K & Q for $ for exploration • Spain had gone through the reconquista • Expulsion of the Muslim Moors from Granada • Bad guy in history • Raped, killed, enslaved natives, • Hispaniola, 1496 (Dominican Republic) • Didn’t find America first • Had no idea where he was. India? China? • Can we judge him? • Maybe not…no moral compass

  13. Spanish Governing • Established 4 viceroyalies or divisions of “new world” territory with 4 governors • Mercantilism: colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country (Spain) • Didn’t allow for self-rule or native industry • Perhaps a reason why much of S.A. and Mexico are considered “3rd World” countries?

  14. Moorish Influence

  15. Ferdinand Magellan • Magellan, Spain 1519 • Sailed by order of Charles V (H.R.Emperor, Spanish Habsburg) • Sailed around Cape Horn (South America) • Explored Philippines (named after Philip II, H.R.E.) • Proved earth was round, bigger than thought

  16. Hernando Cortes • Cortes, Spain 1519 • Explored Mexico • Captured Aztec leader, Montezuma • Montezuma’s revenge • Made Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) the capital city of “New Spain”

  17. Francisco Pizarro • Pizarro, Spain 1531-1536 • Explored Peru in S. America • Destroyed the Incan Empire • Lima became the capital city

  18. John Cabot • Cabot, England 1497 • An Italian (same area as Columbus) • “Discovered” Newfoundland when trying to get to Brazil (Portuguese land) • No spices or gold for Henry VII, went back to England

  19. Jacques Cartier • Cartier, France 1534-1541 • Explored the St. Lawrence River & Canada • Explored near Quebec • Quebec is a French speaking province of Canada

  20. Dutch East India Company • Founded in 1602, The Netherlands • Government supported company • Explored solely for material gain

  21. Impact of Exploration • Columbian Exchange (Columbus) • Exchange of plants and animals: • Corn or maize, sugar cane • Horses, cows, sheep • Exchange of disease: • Euros brought smallpox • Natives gave Syphilis • High death toll of natives • Migration of people to “new world”

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