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Europe Looks Outward EQ: Why did the Europeans come to North America in large numbers? The Age of Exploration In about 1001, the Vikings from Scandinavia arrived in North America Leif Erikson and 35 other sailors left from Greenland to North America The Age of Exploration Christopher Columbus believed he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean He learned all he knew from working on Portuguese ships, but when he tried to get his own ship, the King turned him down. He moved to Spain and presented his plan to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who gave Columbus money for his trip The Age of Exploration In August of 1492, Columbus and 90 men set sail on three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria After three months, Columbus found land and claimed it for Spain. Thinking it was India, he called the people on the land Indians. Columbus then sailed south and found the island of Cuba The Age of Exploration Columbus traveled back to Spain in January of 1493, and claimed that there was lots of gold in the “West Indies” Columbus made three more voyages to what he thought was India, he found present day Puerto Rico and northern South America Why did Europeans come to North America The Three G’s!!!!!!!!!!! God Gold Glory Europeans begin to compete in North American Four countries began the massive exploration of North America: Spain Portugal France Netherlands The Age of Exploration Many explorers followed the route charted by Columbus In 1510, Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa, explored the Caribbean coast of Panama, he also went through the forest and saw the Pacific Ocean In September 1519, Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan planned to find a passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific The Age of Exploration For more then one year, his fleet traveled down the South American coast looking for a strait. They traveled so far south, they saw penguins Magellan finally reached the Philippine Islands, where he was killed in battle. The survivors fled in two ships, they reached Spain in September 1522, after circumnavigating the earth.