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Exploration
and
Expansion
13th Century
 Marco Polo traveled to China
Motives
“Gold, glory, and God”
 Religious zeal (spreading Christianity)
 Adventure
 Riches
Portugal
 1420 Prince Henry the
Navigator
 1488 Bartholomeu Dias
rounded the Cape of Good
Hope
 1498 Vasco da Gama reached
India by sailing around Africa
 1500 Pedro Alvares reached
Brazil, claimed it for Portugal
Brazil
Spain
 Christopher Columbus believed he could
reach Asia (Indies) by sailing west
Treaty of Tordesillas
 1494 Line of
Demarcation
 North/South separated
unexplored lands
between Spain and
Portugal
1501
 Amerigo Vespucci
Balboa
 Discovered the Pacific Ocean
Magellan
 First to circumnavigate the world
(left) Ferdinand Magellan, (right) Discovery of Magellan Strait by an unknown artist
Conquistadors
 Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters
Cortes
 Cortes conquered the Aztecs and their King
Montezuma II (1521)
Spanish advantages
 Superior weapons
 Help of various native groups
 disease
Defeat of Inca
 Pizarro and about
200
Conquistadors
defeated Inca
with a force of
30,000 led by
Atahualpa
Mestizo
 Mixed Spanish and Native American descent
The Columbian Exchange
Exploration and Expansion
•13th Century Marco Polo traveled to China
•East (Asia) expensive spices which were needed to preserve and flavor food
Motives- Religious zeal (spread Christianity), riches and adventure
•“God, glory, and gold”
Portugal
•1420 Portugal Prince Henry the navigator
•1488 Bartholomeu dias rounded the cape of Good Hope
•1498 Vasco da Gama reached India (spices) by sailing around Africa
•1500 Alvares reached Brazil claimed it for Portugal
Spain
Christopher Columbus (Italian) believed he could reach Asia by sailing west
The islands he explored he called the Indies
•Line of Demarcation- (1494) Treaty of Tordesillas ran North- South
•separating unexplored lands between Spain and Portugal
•John Cabot explored New England coastline for England
•Amerigo VespucciTraveled coast of South America, He claimed (in letters) this was not Asia but a New
World.
The land was named after him, America