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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 7th to 15th Century
 Afro-Eurasian Trade World
 Indian Ocean: the center of this Network
 Marco Polo: 1271-1295
 China = most advanced economy
– Led exploration
– Zheng He: 1405-1433
 Africa: Main source of gold and slaves
 Middle East: Persian Safavids and Turkish
Ottomans
Economic
Political
Religious
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
 Born: c. 1469
 Birthplace: Sines,
Portugal
 Died: 24 December
1524
 Best Known As:
Portuguese explorer
who opened up the
first sea route to India.
Christopher Columbus
 1492 “Columbus sailed
the ocean blue
 Sponsor: Spain
 Wanted to find a western
route to Asia
 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. 14921503), 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 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.
The Columbian
Exchange begins
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.
Europeans brought many items with
them that were previously
unknown in the Western Hemisphere.*
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.
Europeans brought many items with
them that were previously
unknown in the Western Hemisphere.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle
land in the “New World.”
Europeans brought home many items
previously unknown in the Eastern
Hemisphere.*
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.
Europeans brought many items with
them that were previously
unknown in the Western Hemisphere.
Fierce competition ensues between
European nations to claim and settle
land in the “New World.”
Europeans brought home many items
previously unknown in the Eastern
Hemisphere.
American Indians are displaced, killed
in battle over territory, and enslaved.
Millions of American Indians die from
European diseases.
Effects of Exploration
Good:
Bad:
 Doors to the Americas  Natives got diseases
were opened
that killed them
 A ‘New World’ was
 Natives lost their
discovered
freedom, customs and
pride
 “Price Revolution”