Chapter 14 The Beginnings of Our Global Age: Europe, Africa, and Asia Section 1 The Search for spices
Motivations for Exploring the Seas 1400’s marked new period of exploration Europe > growth in population > need increase in trade Valued item > spices?(why) > source > Moluccas New curiosity > Renaissance > fuels trade > Europe
Portugal Sails East Portugal > sponsored by Prince Henry looked to Africa > source of riches Hoped to find an easier way to Asia > hired cartographers Bartholomeu Dias > sails around Africa
Seeking India Vasco da Gama follows Dias’s footsteps but goes further Take four ships around Africa to India Acquires spices that he sells for a large profit Effects Seized key ports around Indian Ocean > Trading empire Portugal becomes a world power
Columbus Sails West Columbus > Italian navigator Earth is round > sail west > hit eastern Asia > great idea but he underestimated the earth’s size Sponsored by Ferdinand & Isabella > bring prestige & wealth to Spain Name his three ships? Reaches Caribbean islands > hero
Dividing the Globe in Half Pope set a Line of Demarcation > dividing the non-European world into two zones Both sides agreed > Treaty of Tordesillas
Naming the Western Hemisphere “Americas” > name for both continents in the Western Hem. Caribbean Islands > called West Indies
The Search for a Direct Route Continues Ferdinand Magellan > sailed southwest around the southern tip of South America > made it to the Philippines > he dies here What is left of the crew sails to Spain First people to circumnavigate the globe