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EUROPEAN EXPLORATION
SSH6b: Trace the empires of Portugal, Spain, England, and France
in Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
Coach Ryan Daniel
RAPID REVIEW
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Name 3 reasons why Europeans began exploring?
 Gold, God, and Glory
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Which Portuguese explorer founded a school for
navigation?
 Prince Henry the Navigator
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Name at least 1 invention that helped Europeans
during the Age of Exploration.
 Astrolabe, Compass, Carvel
PORTUGUESE EXPLORERS
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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Bartolomeu Dias(z)
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Vasco de Gama
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Ferdinand Magellan
(sailed for Spain)
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
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1419 – built a school for navigation
Museum of Navigation – Lisbon, Portugal
BARTOLOMEU DIAS(Z)
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1487 – made it to the Cape of Good Hope (Africa)
Cape of Good Hope
VASCO DA GAMA
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1498 –
Reached
Calicut, India,
opening up a
sea route to
trade spices!
FERDNINAND MAGELLAN
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1519 – 1522: First CREW to sail around the world.
Magellan killed on April 27, 1521 in the Phillipines.
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Ferdinand Magellan (remember…he sailed for Spain)
Christopher Columbus 1492
Amerigo Vespucci (sailed for Spain and Portugal 1499)
Juan Ponce de Leon 1513
Vasco Nunez de Balboa 1513
Hernan(do) Cortes(z) 1521
Francisco Pizarro 1533
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 1540
Hernando de Soto 1541
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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“In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”
Found the island of Hispañola in the Caribbean Sea.
AMERIGO VESPUCCI
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1499 – Sailed with Columbus on his second voyage,
and explored Brazil in South America.
JUAN PONCE DE LEON
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1513 – explored Florida looking for the Fountain of
Youth!!
BALBOA
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1513 – First European to see Pacific Ocean from the
Americas.
HERNANDO CORTES(Z)
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1521 – Conquered the Aztec Empire in central Mexico.
FRANCISCO PIZARRO
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1533 – Conquered the Inca Empire in South America
FRANCISCO CORONADO
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1540 – Explored Southwest United States; first
European to see the Grand Canyon.
DE SOTO
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1541 – Explored Southeast United States; first
European to see the Mississippi River.
FRENCH EXPLORERS
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1531 – Jacques Cartier explores the St. Lawrence River and
Eastern Canada
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAINE
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1608 – Father of New France; founded Quebec, the
1st permanent French colony
ENGLISH EXPLORERS
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1497 – John Cabot became the first European to explore the
North American mainland (United States and Canada)
What do you think were some of the affects
of European exploration and colonization?
CONSEQUENSES OF EXPLORATION
 Competition – for land, resources, and trade
 Colonization – control over a foreign land & its people
 Conversion – all European countries wanted to convert
the indigenous (native) people to Christianity
 Conflict – fighting between European countries as well
as the people they are trying to colonize
 Cruelty – triangular slave trade
 Columbian Exchange – introduction of new goods and
services to the “new world” and the “old world”
HOMEWORK
 Using your notes, create a Timeline
of European Exploration, labeling the
important dates with historical
information.
Timeline of European Exploration
TICKET OUT THE DOOR
Name 1 European
Explorer we talked
about today!