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19.1 – Europeans Explore the East

Discover the motives, innovations, and key events in European exploration of the East for trade, wealth, and power starting from the 1400s to the formation of trading empires in the 1700s. Learn about key figures like Prince Henry and explorers like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus. Witness the rise of trading powers like Portugal, Spain, the Dutch, British, and French in Asia. Uncover the strategies, conflicts, and conquests that shaped the world's trading landscape.

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19.1 – Europeans Explore the East

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  1. 19.1 – Europeans Explore the East Bell Ringer: Chapter 19 Pg 535 Q1

  2. Find a group of 4 classmates Everyone: On a sheet a of paper write TRADE in large letters

  3. Primary Source • Pg 414- SOAPST • top of Pg 416 Q 1,2 • Bottom of pg 416 -Read Travels of Ibn Batuta -SOAPST

  4. Exploration & Expansion • Reasons for exploration: • Riches = new sources of wealth • Spread Christianity • Spurred by advances in sailing technology • New Market: Spices & luxury goods from Asia • Demand greater than supply = high prices = high profits • Trade controlled by Italians & Muslims = high prices for Europe • Look for ways to bypass these two

  5. Expansion (cont.) • The Crusades created hostility between Muslims & Christians • Hope to Christianize Asia & directly obtain goods • “God, glory, & gold” • 1400s: Caravel invented • Sturdier, triangle sails = sail against the wind • Navigation • Astrolabe (Muslims) – track latitude • Magnetic Compass (China) – track direction

  6. Pg 535 Q 2 • Create a timeline • Start with 1400s The invention of Caravel • End with 1664 with France creating an East India Company

  7. Portugal • Leaders in sailing innovation • Strong government support • First to set-up trading posts in Africa • Prince Henry (“The Navigator”) • Founds a navigation school to perfect & expand exploration • 1460: Henry dies, but begins European trade w/ Africa • Gold, ivory, & eventually slaves • Starting blocks for reaching Asian markets

  8. To Asia • Goal: To reach Asia • Best route = sail around the tip of Africa • 1488: Bartolomeu Dias reaches to tip of Africa • Has to turn back • 1497: Vasco da Gama explores east coast of Africa • 1498: reaches the Indian port of Calicut • Opens a lucrative trade route to Asia for Portugal

  9. Spain • Envious of Portugal’s advancements • 1492: Christopher Columbus sails to find a route to Asia across the Atlantic • Reaches the Caribbean & opens up colonization of the Americas • Believed he had reached the East Indies • Ferdinand Magellan sails around the world • 1521: Claims the Philippines for Spain

  10. Magellan’s Voyage

  11. Spain v. Portugal • Columbus’ voyage leads to tensions between Spain & Portugal • Spain claiming Portuguese lands??? • 1493: Pope Alexander VI negotiates a peace = Line of Demarcation • West (Spain)/East (Portugal) • Runs through ~middle of Brazil • 1494: Treaty of Tordesillas • Agree to honor the line

  12. Treaty of Tordesillas

  13. Portugal’s Trading Empire • Da Gama’s voyage = Indian Ocean trade empire • Take control of spice trade from Muslims • Break the Muslim-Italian dominated Eastern trade • Gain control of vital trading ports/areas • 1510: capture Goa (becomes trade capital) • 1511: Control the Strait of Malacca • 1514: Control the Straits of Hormuz

  14. Dutch • The Netherlands: Small nation in NW Europe • 1600: Largest fleet in the world (20K ships) • Threaten Portuguese trade • Slowing take over trade • Form the Dutch East India Company = directs trade to Asia • Take the Strait of Malacca from the Portuguese • Gain control of Indonesia & the Cape of Good Hope (Tip of Africa)

  15. British & French • Britain fought w/ the Dutch to open eastern trade • Create the English East India Company • 1700: Britain & France gain a foothold • British trade from India flourishes • France struggles to gain much profit v. competition

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