AGE OF EXPLORATION

OBJECTIVES Identify early explorers Explain what led to European exploration Explain the rivalry between Spain and Portugal Identify the nations that set up trading empires in eastern Asia List the effects of exploration

The first explorers Egyptian –2600 BC, an expedition is sent to current-day Lebanon, to get cedarwood. It is the first sea voyage of which a written report has been found. Minoans from Crete.

Early Exploration

Silk Road Muslim and Italian merchants controlled the trade routes between Asia and Europe

European exploration Exploration motives –“God, Glory, and Gold” –to spread Christianity-God –to gain fame and prestige------Glory –to become wealthy------Gold

Spices A desire to share in the rich spice trade of the East spurred Europeans to explore the oceans

TECHNOLOGY Advances in technology helped Europeans explore the oceans –better maps –astrolabe( navigation instrument) –better ships (caravels)

Portugal Prince Henry- The Navigator –financed exploration voyages –founded navigation school to improve exploration techniques

PORTUGAL The first nation to search for a new sea route to Asia –Bartolomeo Dias ( ) reached the southern tip of Africa-

Portugal Vasco de Gama ( ) –sailed around the southern tip of Africa to India

SPAIN Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies(Caribbean islands) –Later explorers called this new continent Americas

Magellan sailed around South America –His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world (sailed around the world)

Treaty of Tordesillas Portugal and Spain divided world using imaginary demarcation line According to the treaty(agreement), – WEST - Spain – EAST - Portugal

Effects Increase of trade New economic system-capitalism(investing money to gain profit) Colonialism(land claims) European exploration resulted in a global exchange of people, animals, food, plants, technology, and disease.