Age of Discovery How did explorers and conquistadors impact the age of discovery and expansion?

Reasons for Exploration Marco Polo: fascinated by Marco Polo’s account of his travels to the court of Kublai Khan and the exotic East

Reasons for Exploration Ottoman Empire: made traveling to the East by land difficult in the fourteenth-century. Europeans wanted a route by sea

Reasons for Exploration God: the desire to spread the Catholic faith to native peoples Gold: the desire for wealth was a large part of European expansion. Merchants, adventurers, and government officials hoped to find precious metals in, and expand trade with the East, especially trade in spices Glory: Adventure comprised another motive for European expansion

Reasons for Exploration European Monarchs: had expanded their power and resources to a point of being able to support ambitious expansion by the fifteenth century Technology: reached a level of technology that made a series of regular, long voyages possible

Compass helped to figure out which direction sailors were traveling North, South, East, or West also how many degrees they were sailing

Maps The Gridded Map measured longitude and latitude helped sailors: measure the distance between one place and another find routes to places they traveled to or wanted to discover

Sextant measure the angle of an astral body from the horizon allowed navigators to solve half the problem of fixing a position at sea could determine vessel's latitude

Astrolabe an angle-measuring tool measure a star(sun) had more accuracy on dry land than on the boat

Sailing Caravel: a boat with a rounded bottom with room for lots of cargo that would be useful for carrying goods for trade favored for its speed and maneuverability

Sailing Lateen Sail: a triangular shaped sail much better than a square sail lighter in the air easier for sailors to steer for coastal sailing

Zheng He Sailed from China around 1405-1433 Led 7 voyages that went to Southeast Asia and eastern Africa After the 7th voyage China withdrew and went into isolation

Zheng He

Prince Henry the Navigator Brother to the King of Portugal Set up a school for navigation at Cape St. Vincent in 1418 Hired experts to teach regardless of their faith or nationality Spent 40 years studying and teaching cartography, ship building, instrument use, and geography

Bartholomew Dias Sailed from Portugal around 1487 First to sail around the Cape of Good hope, Africa

Christopher Columbus Sailed from Spain around 1492-1502 Discovered the “New” World Landed in Caribbean Islands and South America

Christopher Columbus

Vasco da Gama Sailed from Portugal around 1497-1498 First European to reach India by sea

John Cabot Sailed from England around 1497-1498 Looked for waterways to Pacific along the North American coast

Amerigo Vespucci Sailed from Spain around 1499 Scouted the coast of North and South America America is named after this explorer

Vasco Nunez de Balboa Sailed from Spain around 1513 Found the Pacific Ocean by crossing Panama in Central America

Juan Ponce de Leon Sailed from Spain around 1513 Searched for “Fountain of Youth” based in St. Augustine, Florida

Hernando Cortez Sailed from Spain around 1519-1521 Defeated the Aztecs in Mexico they thought he was a god

Ferdinand Magellan Sailed from Spain around 1519-1522 Led first exploration that sailed around the world His crew made it even though Magellan died during the trip

Francisco Pizarro Sailed from Spain around 1531 Conquered Incas in Peru

Jacques Cartier Sailed from France around 1534-1536 Explored St. Lawrence seaway looking for a waterway to the Pacific

Hernando de Soto Sailed from Spain around 1539-1542 Searched for gold from the Carolinas to Oklahoma

Sir Francis Drake Sailed from England around 1579-1580 Stole treasure from Spanish ships Also sailed around the world

Sir Walter Raleigh Sailed from England around 1587 sponsored first English settlement in Roanoke

Samuel de Champlain Sailed from France around 1604-1606 Established fur trade settlements in Canada A map maker and sailor

James Cook Sailed from England around 1769 & 1770 Claimed New Zealand and parts of Australia for England

Summarizer Think-Pair-Share: Describe the impact of the European explorers with the world.