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Age of Exploration: Day 1 Web quest
Name: ______Fraser Stewart_______________________________________________________ Date:
26_/3/10_________________________
Fraser Stewart
26/3/10
Directions: Go to this website: http://www.mrnussbaum.com/explorersflash.htm You will look at the
four categories listed below. For each category, take notes on the information you learned or found
interesting. In addition, you must look and take notes on the sections I outline. *Notes do not have to
be in complete sentences, but they do need to be complete and understandable.
Category
Explorers Main
Notes
Portugal: Silk Road
In 1274 Marco and Niccolo Polo set out for a journey to travel the silk road from
Italy to china. Polo even wrote a book about the Silk Road and materials he hadn’t
seen before.
Spain: Spices
European Rulers wanted a way to go to the Indies to get spices and silks. But spices
cost much money so they went to the Indies to get it for a lower price and spices
were important.
France: The Indies
Portugal was the first country to sail to the east indies by sailing around Africa and
through the Indian ocean.Christipher Columbus thought he could sail to east indies
by going west.
France: Pirates
In 1500s people were scared of sailing around the sea because pirates would attack
them. French and English pirates stole from the Spanish and form the Caribbean.
One most famous pirate was Sir Francis Drake who was very successful from
stealing from the Spanish Queen Elizabeth wanted him to be beheaded instead she
called him up to be a knight.
Age of
Exploration
Spices were used to:
Preserve meat
Masked the bad taste of food
To make themselves smell better
Before ships, countries got spices by using:
Which country was the first to explore a sea route: Spain
Age of Exploration: Day 1 Web quest
Name: ______Fraser Stewart_______________________________________________________ Date:
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Spain tried to find a westward route to Asia led by what explorer?
Christopher Columbus
Instead of finding the Indies, where did Spain end up and colonize?
Spain colonized North America.
Who crushed the Aztecs in Mexico?
Hernando Cortes
What empire was conquered in South America and by whom?
Francisco Pizzaro
France and England explored what region?
North Africa
Which country, France or England, eventually controlled most of North America?
England
Legends,
Destination,
and Goals
Converting Natives:
One of the goals for the explores was to spread the Christian faith to the New
World. Explores thought it was their divine duty to convert indigenes people to
Christianity. Men, women and children were baptized . Some people didn’t like this
so they got killed and burnt the village down.
Life on Ship:
Life on a sailing ship was miserable. Sailors got no privacy and they didn’t get a lot to
eat. Some sailor’s slept in uncomftable beds with no clean sheets. They even got
scurvy with no vitamin c. Some sailors eat leather and sawdust. You couldn’t even
do your business because you had no privacy.
Pirates:
Sailing in the 1500s was dangerous because of pirates. Pirates basically owned the
sea because everyone was too scared to sail however some country’s did sail like
the English but the pirates stole from their ship. The pirates landed in North
America and stole for their as well. The most famous pirate of all time is Sir Francis
Drake he was successful from stealing from the Spanish and some people wanted
him to beheaded but instead queen Elizabeth made him a knight.
Sea Monsters:
Sailors were scared from sailing the seas
because of sea monsters. The most famous
sea Monster was called the Kraken and it
was a large squid who through the ships in
the air. Their were even books written
about sea monsters.
Age of Exploration: Day 1 Web quest
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Explorer Profiles
Vasco de Gama:
He was born in Portugal from a wealthy family. His dad was also an explorer. In
1497 he was sent to explore India. He had four boats filled with criminals to go to
India. In India De Gama traded extensively for Asian products and spices. He was
well received in India but wore out his welcome and left. He left India in August
1498.He returned to Lisbon on 1499 and all of his crew members died of scurvy and
he was a hero. In 1502 King Manual sent him back to India but this time he was well
prepared and came with 20 armed ships with some Muslims on board and when
they reached India he brutally murder some. He returned to Lisbon in 1503 and died
in India in 1524 of an illness.
Prince Henry:
Prince Henry was a Portuguese navigator, explorer, soilder and a prince. He was
sent to many explorations but he was most famous for going from Portugal to the
west coast of Africa. He was resonanable for Portuguese role in the Great Age of
Exploration. In 1419 Prince Henry started the first navigation school at Sagres,
Portugal. The goal for the school was to help them explore, map making and science
to help go to the west coast of Africa. Before the sailors were too scared to sail to
Africa because of sea monsters and boiling water near the equator. Prince Henry
school sent 14 explores to explore in the ‘sea of Darkness’ because no one has ever
done it before. Prince Henry even sent more sailors to go further south. Prince
Henrys influence was the first step for finding a new route to the Indies.
Ferdinand Magellan:
Ferdinand Magellan was born in Sabrosa Portugal in 1480 into a noble family. In
1506 Ferdinand Magellan was sent to the spice islands (Indonesia) to participate in
some military and exploratory expeditions. In 1510 he was promoted captain. In
1512 he was stationed in Morocco and he made plans for a shortcut to the spice
islands. On September 20, 1519 Magellan and 237 crew members set sail on five
ships from Snalucar de Barrameda to find a short cut to the spice Islands. After
three months of sailing Magellan and crew stopped at Rio de Janeiro. Most of his
sailors got scurvy and the had to eat rat, leather and saw dust and 20 men
died from it . On march the 6 they finally reached land. On April 27/1521
Magellan died and most of his crew sailed away.
Giovanni da Verranzanno:
Giovanni da Verranzanno was born around 1485. He spent many years as a pirate,
preying on the Portuguese and Spanish sea vesals. He was succseful form stealing
Age of Exploration: Day 1 Web quest
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from the Spanish vessels. He stole nearly two million dollars worth of gold from
Spanish vessels that were bring gold and jewels back from Mexico. In 1524
Verranzanno was chosen by king Francis I of France to search for the ‘Northwest
Passage’ to Asia through North America. On march 1 1524 he reached Cape Fear
and North Carolina and decided to explore the coast line. He made two trips to
America and on the second trip he was killed by natives.
Additional Notes
Giovanni da Verranzanno:
Giovanni da Verranzanno was born around 1485. He spent many years as a pirate,
preying on the Portuguese and Spanish sea vessels. He was successful form stealing
from the Spanish vessels. He stole nearly two million dollars worth of gold from
Spanish vessels that were bring gold and jewels back from Mexico. In 1524
Verranzanno was chosen by king Francis I of France to search for the ‘Northwest
Passage’ to Asia through North America. On march 1 1524 he reached Cape Fear
and North Carolina and decided to explore the coast line. He made two trips to
America and on the second trip he was killed by natives.