Age of Exploration & Isolation Chapter 19.1 Europeans Explore the East
Factors Spur Exploration Renaissance curiosity about world GOLD: Desire for new sources of wealth & trade GLORY: fame & for King & Country GOD: Missionary impetus to spread Christianity
Europeans Want Spices
New Tools of Exploration
Portugal Leads the Way Prince Henry “the Navigator” founds school of exploration in 1419 Sailors surveyed coast of Africa & later India
Monument of Discoveries in Lisbon Monument of Discoveries in Lisbon. Features all the prominent Portuguese explorers led by Prince Henry at the front. Was built in 1960.
Bartolomeu Diaz Reached tip of South Africa in 1488
1st European to sail a direct route to India in 1498 Vasco da Gama 1st European to sail a direct route to India in 1498
Spanish Claims 1492: Christopher Columbus discovers the Caribbean thinking it was Asia
Columbus’ Journeys
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494 To keep peace between 2 Catholic nations, the Pope divided the world in ½ based on Spanish & Portuguese claims Showed European’s disregard for indigenous peoples
Treaty of Tordesillas 1494
Europeans Carve up the East Indies Following Portugal; other nations seized ports in Africa & Asia Britain & France enter India Spain took over Philippines in 1521 Dutch took over Cape Town & Indonesia
European colonies in 1700
Dutch East India Company 1st corporation in history, controlled Indonesia Est. in 1602 after the Dutch freed themselves from Spain Private company owned by Dutch investors