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Age of Exploration 1400’s => 1800’s Why did the Europeans seek to trade with the Far East? Why did the Europeans seek to trade with the Far East? Prince Henry “The Navigator” • Portugal • 1424 • Began and funded sea navigation • Never left Portugal Bartholomeu Dias • Portugal • 1487 • Sailed to the Cape of Storms, 1st European to sail around Africa • Cape of Storms/Cape of Good Hope Vasco Da Gama • Portugal • 1497-1499 • 1st European to reach India by an all sea route • India Christopher Columbus • Spain • 1492, 1493, 1498, and 1502 • Discovered can go west to get to the east ◊ Rediscovered the Americas? ◊ Began the exploitation of the Americas? • West Indies Pedro Alvarez Cabral • Portugal • 1500 • Took control of trade in the Indian Ocean from Arabs • India, Indian Ocean & Brazil What was the significance of the Treaty of Tordesillas? Amerigo Vespucci • Portugal • 1501 • Cartographer • Charted the east coast of the Americas • Martin Waldseemuller, a German map maker named the Americas after him Vasco Nunez de Balboa • Spain • 1509-1513 • 1st European to cross Panama to see the Pacific Ocean • Panama and the South Sea Hernan Cortes • Spain • 1519 • Conquistador • Destroyed the Aztecs • Mexico What allowed the Europeans to impose their will on the indigenous peoples of the world? Ferdinand Magellan • Spain • 1519-1522 • 1st expedition to circumnavigate the world • Strait of Magellan, Pacific Ocean, and the Philippines •Magellan started in Spain •Died in the Philippines •His expedition returned to Spain Francisco Pizarro • Spain • 1531-1532 • Conquistador • Destroyed the Incas in Peru • Peru Jacques Cartier • France • 1535-1536 • Claimed eastern Canada for France • Quebec Francisco de Orellana • Spain • 1541-1543 • Explored the Amazon • Named the Amazon and Amazon River • Amazon River & Amazon Rainforest Willem Barents • Netherlands • 1596-1597 • Looked for a Northeast Passage • Barents Sea Henry Hudson (Part I) • Netherlands • 1609 • Looked for a Northwest Passage • Hudson River & New Amsterdam Henry Hudson (Part II) • England • 1610 • Looked for a Northwest Passage • Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait What products did the Europeans introduce to the Americas? What products did the Native Americans share with the Europeans? What products did the Asians introduce to the Europeans and Americans? What products did the Africans introduce to the Europeans and Americans?
