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Why did Europeans explore?
 Gold
 Glory
 God
GOLD
“Show me the money!”
Demand for:
1.Finding gold
2.Trading spices for gold
3.Finding natural resources
and trading for gold
GLORY
Political and
economic
competition
between European
countries
GOD
Europeans want to
spread
Christianity
(Diffusion of Christianity)
3 G’s aided and abetted by…
 Improved maps
 Astrolabe
 Caravel ships
– Lateen sails (India)
– More maneuverable
– Faster
– Commissioned by
Prince Henry the
Navigator
Courtesy of the
Muslims
Courtesy of the
Europeans
Prince Henry the
Navigator
•From: Portugal
•Famous for:
•Brought experts together to study
navigation
•Paid for exploration
•Memory Hook:
•“Prince Henry Paid 4 Portuguese to
X-Plore”
Vasco
da Gama
•From: Portugal
•Famous for:
•Sailed around tip of Africa to India
•First water route to Asia
•Memory Hook:
•“Da Gama & Da Portuguese Sailed to
Da India”
Christopher
Columbus
•From: Italy (Spain)
•Famous for:
•First European to find “New World”
•Never knew he wasn’t in India
•Memory Hook:
•“Spain wanted to be in India, but
Chris landed in America”
Ferdinand
Magellan
•From: Spain
•Famous for:
•First to circumnavigate the globe (go
around the world)
•Memory Hook:
•“Magellan and his crew did go from
Spain to Spain in a circle you should
know”
Hernando
Cortez
•From: Spain
•Famous for:
•Conquered Aztecs
•Took over Mexico for Spain
•Memory Hook:
•“In Mexico the Aztecs were bold but
Cortez and Spain took their gold”
Francisco
Pizarro
•From: Spain
•Famous for:
•Conquered Incas
•Took over Peru & Chile for Spain
•Memory Hook:
•“Spain liked Pizarro with extra
cheese so they conquered the Incas in
the Andes”
Francis
Drake
•From: England
•Famous for:
•First Englishman to circumnavigate
the globe
•Memory Hook:
•“Drake! Drake! English
circumnavigate!”
Jacques
Cartier
•From: France
•Famous for:
•Claimed Canada (Quebec) for France
•Memory Hook:
•“Cartier—he liked to dance—he
claimed Canada for France”