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The Age of
Exploration
FOR GOLD, GOD, and GLORY!
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GOLD! (WEALTH! )
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New spices in Europe (introduced during
the _______________) = demand for the
spices.
Europeans wanted to ______ _______
_____ _____________ !
Europeans try to find new trade routes
because they want new sources of
_____________.
GOD (Spread of
__________________)
The Crusades pushed Christians to feel
it was their duty to __________
_________ ______________ and
convert people to Christianity ( and not
to be Muslim)
 Bartolomeu __________ – “ To serve
God and His Majesty, to give light to
those who were in darkness, and to
grow rich as all men desire to do.”:
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GLORY !
• BEING “The ______________!”
• First to: Find an __________?
Find a _________?
Create a trading port?
Control a COUNTRY!?
TECHNOLOGY HELPS !
 The
introduction of the
____________ made travel easier !
–65 feet long = more space for
food/ppl.
–Able to explore close to _________.
- Larger sails for easier ___________
and __________!
New Maritime Technologies
Mariner’s Compass
Sextant
Explorers from Portugal and Spain
As a result of their location facing the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal and Spain
were well suited to kicking off the Age of Exploration.
The Portuguese
• Portugal was first country to
launch _____________________voyages of
exploration
• Begun largely due to efforts of
____________ ___________,
son of King John I of Portugal
• Often called Henry the
Navigator, not himself explorer
• Patron, supporter of those who
wished to explore
Navigation Court
• Early ____________, Henry
established court to which he
brought sailors,
_______________, astronomers,
others
• Expeditions sent west to islands in
Atlantic, south to explore western
coast of _____________
• Portuguese settled
______________, Madeira
Islands, learned more about
Africa’s coast
Exploration Attempts
Water Route to India
• Prince Henry’s ultimate goal—find __________________ route around Africa
to India
• Died before goal accomplished; attempts to find such a route not abandoned
• 1488, Bartolomeu _____________ became first to sail around southern tip of
Africa
da Gama
• 1497, __________ ______ _____________ set out for India, stopped at
several African ports
• Learned _________________ merchants actively involved in trade
• Journey took more than 10 months, eventually reached Calicut in _________
Lucrative Trade
• da Gama’s trip inspired another expedition to India, led by __________
________________
• Sailed west; sighted, claimed land that became known as Brazil
• Portugal established ____________ _____________; became rich, powerful
European nation
Columbus
• Sailed west to ____________
• Landed on the
_______________
• Sailed for __________ (King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
Ferdinand Magellan
• Sailed for _________
• Searched for passage to Pacific
Ocean ___________ through the
Americas
• Sailed through “straits of Magellan”
–Cuts through the southern tip of
__________ ________________
Magellan
• Died in _______________
• His crew was the first to
_______________ (sail all of
the way around) the world
Explorers from the Rest of Europe
• Spanish and _________________________did not remain alone in their efforts.
• By early 1500s the ________________________and French were exploring
northern parts of the Americas.
• _________________________later joined in explorations.
The English
Sir Francis Drake
• ________, first major English voyage • English soon realized they had reached
of discovery launched
an ____________ land, not Asia
• ________ ___________ sailed to
Atlantic coast of what is now Canada
• Queen sent _______ _____________
___________ out
• Tried to repeat ____________; fleet
vanished, presumably sunk
• After stop in what is now California,
Drake sailed north to seek route around
North America
The weather was too __________, and he ended up heading west around the
world to get back to England. He became the ________________ man to
circumnavigate the globe.
Henry Hudson
• England wanted to find ________________ ____________ to Asia than
Magellan found
• Sent Dutch-born sailor Henry ___________________________
• 1607, Hudson set out to _____________
• Hoped to find ______________ _______________ around Europe
• Found nothing but ice, returned to England
• Later made two more voyages for _____________, one for Dutch
The French
• Also wanted to find passage to
Asia
• Sent explorers to look for
_______________
________________
• 1534, Jacques Cartier sailed past
____________________ into St.
Lawrence River, claimed land as
province of New France, now
________________
The Dutch
• By 1600s __________________
powerful trading nation, hoped to find
new products, ________________
________________
• 1609, Henry Hudson set out to
find Northwest Passage
• Did not find _____________, but did
explore river now named for him