The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery Seat work Please sit down, review pages, answer: member of a religious order who encourages people to convert to a particular religion to sail completely around something the science of making maps and globes

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Introduction This chapter will introduce you to The Age of Exploration. You will learn how voyages of discovery led Europeans to the Americas and how colonization helped trade grow. Section 1: The Voyages of Discovery Section 2: The Conquest of the Americas Section 3: The Growth of Trade Chapter Introduction

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery During the Renaissance, Europeans sought to profit from trade with Asian lands. New technologies made long ocean voyages possible. The voyages of Columbus and other explorers gave Europeans a new view of the world. Key Ideas

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery Italian merchants grew wealthy trading with Asia. Other Europeans wanted access to this trade without using Italian merchants. As a result, European explorers looked for a sea route to Asia. Traders especially wanted Asian spices. European missionaries also wanted to convert people in other lands to Christianity. Why Did Europeans Explore?

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Which European country grew wealthy from trading with Asia? What spices did European traders want to purchase? What different reasons did merchants and missionaries have for exploring lands? The Voyages of Discovery Some Motivations for Exploring

The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery Early Portuguese Explorations Prince Henry the Navigator made contact with Africa for trade in ivory, gold, and slaves. He also sponsored and trained many explorers. Portuguese captain Bartholomeu Dias was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa. Vasco da Gama sailed all the way to India and then returned to Portugal with spices in 1498.

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery How did Prince Henry the Navigator help bring about the Age of Exploration? What European first sailed around the tip of Africa, and what country did he sail for? How did Vasco da Gama improve on Dias’s accomplishment? Early Explorations

The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. Sailing for Spain, Christopher Columbus tried to reach Asia by going west. Instead, he landed in the Americas. Pedro Cabral led a Portuguese fleet to the Indian Ocean. On the way, he landed on the coast of Brazil. Amerigo Vespucci concluded that the Americas were previously undiscovered lands. Ferdinand Magellan found a strait around the tip of South America. His expedition circumnavigated the globe. The Voyages of Discovery Columbus and Other Explorers

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery Finding New Routes How did Portugal’s success affect explorers in other countries? How did Columbus plan to reach the East Indies? What did Amerigo Vespucci conclude? Why did many of Magellan’s crew die during the voyage across the Pacific?

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The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery New Tools for Exploration How did Renaissance maps differ from ancient maps? How did the compass come to Europe from China? How did understanding wind zones help explorers? How did European craftworkers solve the problems that arose when explorers sailed in a variety of wind and sea conditions?

The Age of Exploration Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved. The Voyages of Discovery What are the consequences of trade? Consequences of Trade ItalyPortugal