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The Age of Exploration
“Seek & You Shall Find”
“SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND”
WHY?
I. The Age of Exploration and Colonization (1450-1750)
A. People wanted to find a new and faster trade
route to Asia.
B. They were curious about the world around them.
C. Technology, such as the compass and the
astrolabe, made exploration easier.
D. The invention of gunpowder made them feel
confident.
II. The All-Water Route
A. Because of the long, difficult and sometimes
dangerous land routes, interested nations
started looking for a new way to trade.
B. Portugal
1. Prince Henry the Navigator
a. He set up a school for sailors.
b. He got financing for expeditions
c. He sent explorers down the west
coast of Africa.
2. 1488 - Bartholomeu Dias reached the Cape
of Good Hope.
3. 1498 - Vasco da Gama went all the way to
India.
C. The all-water route proved to be easier, safer
and more profitable.
Where did
they go?
D. Spain
1. Queen Isabella who wanted land, power and
to spread Christianity saw this an
opportunity.
2. She financially backed Christopher
Columbus (see his home!)
a. He tried to find a better route to the
Far East by traveling west.
b. He discovered the “New World” in
1492.
3. Amerigo Vespucci - 1499 –claimed the
land was a new continent not Asia.
4. 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan sailed around
the world.
III. Colonial Empires
Settlements
A. Spain, Portugal, England, France and Holland were
the leaders in the colonization movement
during the 16 & 1700’s.
1. Spanish Conquistadors in Latin America
a. Hernando Cortez – 1519.
b. Francisco Pizarro – 1533
c. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado - 1540.
2. French Explorers
1. Jacques Cartier – 1519
b. Sir Robert Cavelier de LaSalle – 1682
3. English Explorers
a. John Cabot – 1497
b. Sir Walter Raleigh – 1585
B. The Effects of Colonization
1. Overseas expansion meant more land, money
and power for these nations.
a. Competition often led to war.
2. Christianity and European cultures were
spread.
3. Ethnocentric attitudes by the Europeans
destroyed some native groups.
4. The African slave trade.
THE END OF THIS
SECTION!!!!
The Home of Christopher Columbus
Genoa, Italy
taken by: Mr. Powers 4/11