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Why is this the best time to
explore?
The Printing Press – made
it easier for
people to share ideas
with one another.
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Navigation Instruments –
people would not
get lost when they
were away at sea.
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Why is this the best time to
explore?
Tools used for navigation
were: Compass, maps,
and astrolabes.
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Wanted goods that they
discovered during the
Crusades (spices, silk,
ivory, jade and diamonds)
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Motives for Exploration
Christianity – wanted to
spread Christianity to
the Asian cultures.
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Wealth – Wanted to
make money by selling
Asian products.
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Fame – wanted to
become famous as a explorer.
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Motives for Exploration
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Nation’s Pride-competition with other
countries to be the first to reach Asia by
water. (Portugal, Spain, France,
England, Dutch)
What goods did the Europeans
want?
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Nationalism- Strong pride in
one country’s or ethnic group.
Foreign goods – wanted jewels,
spices and fabrics such as silk.
Who was the first explorer?
Leif Ericson is regarded
as the first explorer to land
in the Americas.
 Was a Viking (Norsemen)
and outlaw who discovered
Americas 500 years before
Columbus.
 It is thought that he
landed in present day
New Foundland or New England.
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Who was the first European to
travel across Asia?
Marco Polo was An
Italian merchant who
was the first European
to travel across the
entire Asian continent.
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Marco Polo kept a record of what he
saw including some of the wonderful trade
products and roads.
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The Portuguese Begin
Exploration in Europe
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Goal was not to find new land, but find
a new route to Asia
• Big supporter-Prince Henry the
Navigator who decided to organize and
(and more importantly) pay for sailing
expeditions to sail around Africa to get
to Asia
The Portuguese Begin
Exploration
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These voyages began the Age of
Exploration in Europe
Prince
Henry the
Navigator
The Portuguese Begin
Exploration
Two famous Portuguese explorers
were:
1. Bartholomew Dias-first to sail to tip of
Africa (Cape of Good Hope)
 Dias turned around when his crew
threatened to kill him
2. Vasco de Gama - First to sail around
Africa and reach India
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The Portuguese Begin
Exploration
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•Portugal discovered two things about
going around Africa to Asia
1) wasn't shorter
2) wasn't cheaper
In other words all of this did not help
them get goods cheaper and bypass
the Muslims!
Who was the first explorer to
discover the New World?
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Christopher Columbus was an Italian
explorer after being supported by King
Ferdinand and Queen Isabella was the
first to explore uncharted seas to the
West.
What places did Columbus
discover?
His crew almost made him turn around,
but in 1492 he discovered the first of the
territories the Bahamas.
 Columbus after four voyages would later
discover Hispaniola,Cuba,Domincan
Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Central America,
and South America.
 The idea that escaped Columbus is that
the whole time he believed he was in
Asia.
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Who was the first explorer to
realize its location?
Amerigo Vespucci was the first explorer
to realize that the places
Columbus had found were
not part of Asia but
a new world.
 Vespucci financed by
Spain and Portugal made
four visits to the New World.
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Who was the America’s named
after?
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After studying the writings of Polo,
they didn’t match up to what he
observed in the Americas.
Both North and South America is
named after this explorer.
The first explorer to
circumnavigate the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan was a
Portuguese explorer who was the first
to circumnavigate the globe, which
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is to sail completely around the earth.
He discovered the straits
of Magellan and died
on the way home.
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Who was the first Englishmen to
sail around the globe?
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Sir Francis Drake was known as a
legendary pirate, slaver, navigator who
was the second person to sail around
the globe and the first English.
He successfully brought England into
exploration by breaking up the
monopoly of successful key sea routes
of the Portuguese and Spanish.