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Prince Henry the Navigator
October 07, 2014
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Prince Henry the Navigator
Teacher and Explorer of West Africa
Portugal, 1441
Prince Henry was born into the royal family of Portugal. Portugal is next to Spain and close to western Africa.
During the 1400s, Prince Henry sponsored (paid for) 50 explorations along the coast of Africa, but he never went on a single expedition himself. Patron? Even so, he was nicknamed "Prince Henry the Navigator."
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Essential Question: What were the 3
reasons for European Exploration?
Gold, God, and Glory
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1. GOLD
African countries and later New World countries would have vast amount of gold and salt in their lands.
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Europeans wanted to visit Mali, in western Africa – and its gold. Every gold coin in Europe originally came from the Empire of Mali. West Africa was the most important single source of gold for Europe. This gold was the very foundation of Europe’s economy. Dec 9­6:09 PM
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After the Portuguese
explored the west
coast of Africa . . .
1. Portugal began to trade with West Africa.
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3. Prince Henry helped Portugal become a leader in navigation.
2. Portuguese ships mapped the geography of the African coast.
predict: Portugal did trade
with West Africa. But it was
a strange trade. What was it?
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Triangular Trade Route
The trade routes from
Europe, Africa, and the
Americas became known
as the Triangular Trade
Route and became very
lucrative to the European
continent.
SLAVERY!
The Atlantic
Slave Trade
Great Britain and Spain
began to dominate the
slave trade in the later
years.
Sad to say, but the Portuguese were the first to enslave West Africans. In 1441, one of Prince Henry's ships came home with the first Africans. They were sold as slaves in Europe.
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As early as 1502 Portugal was shipping enslaved Africans to the Caribbean and Brazil to work on sugar cane plantations. Dec 12­7:28 AM
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Plantations grew in size in North and South America and more and more slaves were needed for the hard work in the fields.
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