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What was the Age of Exploration? • A time period when Europeans began to explore the rest of the world. • Improvements in mapmaking, shipbuilding and navigation made this possible. The Explorers: Portugal Bartolomeu Dias • Sailed around Cape of Good Hope at southern tip of Africa. • Found route to Indian Ocean • Trade can go from Europe to Asia by sea. Vasco da Gama • Landed in India in 1498. • Important trade route from Europe to India and East Indies. The Explorers: Spain Ferdinand Magellan • His crew made first round-the-world voyage. • Proved for certain that the world was round. • Magellan was killed in the Philippines, his crew circumnavigated the world. 1 1 Christopher Columbus • Believed a shorter route to Asia could be found by sailing westward instead of around Africa. • Found the Americas instead. 3 What was the Colombian Exchange? • Massive exchange of plants, animals and diseases. • These things moved between the New and Old Worlds. • Started with Columbus. • To the Americas: cows, horses, wheat, smallpox, plus much more. • To Europe: potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, corn, plus much more. 4 What was the Triangular Trade? • System of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. • Stage 1: Raw materials to Europe (tobacco, rum, sugar) • Stage 2: Manufactured goods to Africa (guns, cloth, rum) • Stage 3: Slaves to the Americas to make raw materials. 2