Reasons for Exploration Gold, Glory, God 1.Sought new routes (Spice Trade) 2.Sought new Markets 3.Missionary 4.Sought fame and fortune (Renaissance)
New Technology 1.Compass (Chinese invention) 2.Astrolabe (Islamic invention) 3.Cartography improved 4.Shipwrights outfit new sails (Arabic Invention) and multiple masts
Caravel
Leaders of Exploration Portugal –Prince Henry the Navigator –First Explorers Dias (1487) Vasco da Gama (1497)
Spain Ferdinand and Isabella began Spain’s quest –Columbus (1492)
Conflict and Resolution Spain and Portugal laid claim to ‘New World’ Pope drew a Line of Demarcation (Spain gets West and Portugal gets East)
SPAIN PORTUGAL
Treaty of Tordesillas altered the Line (Portugal got Brazil and East, Spain got West minus Brazil) Line of Demarcation not acceptable
SPAIN PORTUGAL
Other Countries Netherlands (Dutch) –Dutch East India Company France –Quebec and Mississippi Delta England –Francis Drake and Pirates –New England
Columbian Exchange
Effects of Exploration 1.Colonial competition 2.Native cultures absorb European culture Imposed or adopted 3.New markets 4.Decline of Mediterranean 5.New business methods