An Age of Exploration and Isolation, 1400 - 1800
Europeans Explore the East Many factors encouraged explorations 1. To seek riches 2. To spread Christianity 3. Sea route to Asia
Technological Advances
How Does the Astrolabe Work? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwDU0VFWl Q8
Portugal Leads the Way - School founded by Prince Henry “God, Gold, and Glory” Africa!
Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco da Gama
Christopher Columbus
Line of Demarcation 1493 = Pope Alexander VI created the Line of Demarcation 1494 = Treaty of Tordesillas Spain and Portugal agree to honor the line
Line of Demarcation
Ferdinand Magellan
Dutch Settle Cape Town
Horizons By Peter Louis van Dijk South African composer Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa Commissioned by King’s Singers, group from Great Britain
Horizons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kp5zFR NK10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjEGncri doQ