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The Age of
Exploration
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World History
Reasons for European
Exploration
Europeans had
enjoyed goods
imported from
China and India
since the Crusades
Europe was cut off
from trade by the fall
of Constantinople to
the Turks
Europeans decided
to find a way to get
to India and China
directly
Technology:
Compass from China
Triangular sales from the
Arabs
Reasons for European
Exploration
Human Nature – The desire for:
Gold – get rich
God – spread Christianity
Glory – get famous
Reasons for
European
Exploration
Portugal
The first country to
pay for exploration
Prince Henry built a
school for explorers
Vasco De Gama found
a route around Africa
to India
Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella pay for
Columbus’s voyage
Columbus sails west
attempting to reach India
Columbus finds the “New
World” instead
Columbian Exchange
After Columbus’s voyage an important trading of ideas and goods
between the New and Old Worlds began
Other Explorers
Magellan (Portugal) – 1st to
circumnavigate
Northwest Passage – tried to sail
north of America to get to India
Cabot (Englad) – North American east
coast
Cartier, Chaplain, and de la Salle
(France) – Canada, Great Lakes, and
the Mississippi
Hudson (Dutch) – Hudson bay
