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The Search for Spices
Mr. Barchetto
Notes #1
Understanding the Cause of
Exploration…Pt.1
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~Timeline~ When was Europe first introduced to the trade routes in
Asia, North Africa and the Middle East?
 Crusades
► Spices
emerge in Europe and are considered a luxury
 Used to preserve food and add flavor; these spices where found in the
spice islands
 Indonesia
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Trade Halts- Why do you think the trade of spices halted? (2 reasons)
 Black Plague
► Mongol
Empire Collapsed they controlled major trade routes
► Europe lost 25 million people
Understanding the Cause of
Exploration…Pt.2
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What happens in Europe after the Black Death?
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Rebirth/RevivalRENAISSANCE
► What country benefitted the most from the Renaissance?
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Italycenter of all trade routes from the east
What changes are taking place in Europe during the
Renaissance making it a perfect time for exploration to
begin?
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Education/learning
Art/beauty
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Idea of Humanism
Which change do you believe to be the
most important? Why?
Technology at the Dawn of the
Exploration Age
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Compass used to maintain direction and course
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Sextant using the height of the stars above the horizon to determine latitude and longitude
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Caravel 65 feet in length
 Triangular sails for maneuverability and square
sails for
power.
 Large cargo area helped hold supplies for long voyages, and low keel (Bottom)
allowed caravel to travel closing to shore.
Motives for European Exploration
What country benefitted the most from the
trade coming from the east?
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Italy
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1400’s Italian middle men controlled trade from
Asia.
3 Major Motives:
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Renaissance spirit to learn about new lands.
Atlantic powers i.e. Spain, Portugal and England
sought route to Asia that bypassed Italy.
Desire for wealth—God, Gold, Glory
4 Explorers Activity-use pages
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Henry the Navigator pg.530
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Country/Year:
► Portugal1415
Motives/Goals:
► GOD,GOLD, GLORY
Outcomes:
► Henry mapped the entire West coast of
Africa
Vasco da Gama pg.532
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Country/Year:
► Portugal1497
Motives/Goals:
► Travel around the southern tip of Africa
w/ hope of getting to the spice islands.
Outcomes:
► 10 month voyage led to da Gama to the
west coast of India in the great spice
port of Calicut.
Christopher Columbus pg.553
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Country/Year:
► Spain1492
Motives/Goals:
► Travel west to get to the East
Indies.
Outcomes:
► Columbus would establish the West
Indies and begin the Spanish
conquest of the Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan pg.554
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Country/Year:
► Spain1519
Motives/Goals:
► Search to find route around
Americas to get to the East Indies
Outcomes:
► Magellan traveled in every bay
along South America, w/ hopes of
finding South Sea. 1522 Magellan’s
crew become the first people to
circumnavigate the globe.
Empires Emerge► Treaty
of Tordesillas-
 Also known as the line of
demarcation…This line was
agreed upon by the Spanish
and Portuguese and divided
the world into east and
western portions.
 Spain would control all new lands
west of the line and Portugal
would control all new lands
discovered east of this line.
 Why do you think this was?
Line of Demarcation