Exploration and Expansion 1400-1700

The Voyages of Discovery Age of Exploration- A spirit of discovery and innovation that led Europeans to set sail to discover new routes or lands.

Why Wealth Luxury Goods like spices , silk, perfume, and jade from China and India Routes- For Trade Glory- Honor Faith Curiosity- M. Polo

Inventions Compass Astrolabe- Sun and stars and horizon (Muslims) Deep Draft Ships- rode lower in water Caravel- Light fast sailing ship (Had rudder rather than ores) had lateen sails

Iberian Peninsula Henry the Navigator- Patron and supporter of those who wished to explore. Henry had small courts (Portugal) They studied Africa and guess what they found? http://player.discoveryeducatio n.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId= 463232A3-B21B-4A31-9CED- 13F5E9592E07&blnFromSear ch=1&productcode=US

In Search of a Route He wanted to find a water route around Africa to India. Henry Died, but the Portuguese explores did not abandon their attempts to find the route. 1488- Bartolomeu Dias became the 1st European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa (Cape of Good Hope)‏ Storms made them turn back.

Vasco de Gama Set out to India in 1497. He found that the Muslims were active in Indian Trade Pedro Cabral followed after Gama and founded Brazil. In India, the Portuguese created trading centers.

The Spanish Christopher Columbus was sponsored b Ferdinand and Isabella He believed that he could sail west around the world from Spain to reach China. He didn’t know where the Americas lay across the Atlantic Thought the Caribbean were the Indies He returned with parrots, jewels, gold, and plants. Brought NA and baptized them.

Columbus never reached Asia even after three more voyages. 1502- Amerigo Vespucci sailed along South America and called Columbus’s discovery “A new Land” 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panama.- 1st European to see the Pacific.

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Ferdinand Magellan- Born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. His five ships reached the Philippines (Killed by Natives)‏ In early September 8, 1522 18 survivors of the original fleet arrived in Spain. They had circumnavigated the world.

The English John Cabot- sailed from England to the Atlantic coast (Canada) (His ships disappeared)‏ Sir Francis Drake- He rounded the tip of South America and explored its west coast. Second man to circumnavigate the globe. Henry Hudson- http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm? guidAssetId=9ACEF62D-24D1-4895-9054- 1B9BA89720E2&blnFromSearch=1&productcod e=US