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Age of Exploration
Br: 1)What do you think led to
the age of exploration?
2)What was its main purpose?
Mission: Understanding the
explorers of the 1400s
Why Explorer?
• Who? – Portuguese were
the first
• What? – Spices, gold and
silk
• Where? – India via around
south of Africa and
western route
• When? – 1400s
• Why? – faster route to
obtain items for profit
Marco Polo
• Who? – Marco Polo, his
father and his uncle
• What? – Knowledge
• Where? – Venice to Far
East Asia
• When? – Late 1200s
• Why? – to learn about
Eastern culture, led
to many Europeans
searching for riches
through trade with Asia
Prince Henry
• Who? – Prince of
Portugal
• What? – Profit for
Portugal, and legacy
for himself
• Where? – West coast of
Africa
• When? – Early 1400s
• Why? – curious of Africa
and a way to the east
around Africa
“Bart” Dias
• Who? – Student of Prince
Henry Schools
• What? – First to reach East
Coast of Africa
• Where? – Beyond the
Equator to East Africa
• When? - 1473
• Why? – Wanted to reach
India and go beyond
Equator
Vasco Da Gama
• Who? – First to get to India by
going around Africa
• What? – Found a route
around Africa,
• Where? – Portugal around
Africa to India
• When? - 1497
• Why? – Helped Portugal become
the richest country in
Europe
Christopher Columbus
• Who: Italian sailor who sailed
for Spain
• What: Was looking for a
western route to India
• Where: Sailed from Spain and
ended up in the Caribbean
• When: 1492
• Why: To bring back spices to
Spain and a trade route around
the globe
Hernando Cortes
• Who: Spanish
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Francisco Pizarro
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Ferdinand
Magellan
• Who: Boldest Portuguese
Explorer
• What: Wanted to sail
around the world
• Where:From Europe
around South American,
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Amerigo Vespucci
• Who: Portuguese Explorer
• What: Realized that the
land was not part of Asia,
but a “New World”
• Where:Americas
• When:1507
• Why: Started colonization
of Americas
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