Chapter 2: Section 2 Early Exploration Essential Question: Why did Spain and Portugal want to find a sea route to Asia? Vocabulary words: saga strait line of demarcation circumnavigate
Seeking New Trade Routes Main idea: Portugal took the lead in finding a sea route to India Portugal- first European power to explore the boundaries of the known world
Early Portuguese Voyages Prince Henry of Portugal Henry the Navigator Began “school of navigation” astronomers, geographers, cartographers, mathematicians Updated charts and maps as new information was learned Planned voyages but did not take any
Early Portuguese Voyages Gold Coast Portuguese ships moved south along the west coast of Africa to trade gold and ivory Became known as Gold Coast Mid-1400s, Portuguese began buying slaves there too King John II urged Portuguese sea captains to move further along the African coast in search of a direct route to India and China for trade
Bartholomeu Dias Sailed around the southernmost point of Africa Called it the “Cape of Storms” King John renamed it the Cape of Good Hope King John hoped the passage around Africa would lead to a new route to India
Vasco da Gama July 1497- Sailed from Portugal with four ships making a huge semicircular sweep through the Atlantic Ocean to get around the Cape of Good Hope safely At sea for 96 days Reached India at the port of Calicut in May 1498 Finally completing the eastern sea route to Asia
Portuguese Trading Empire Pedro Alvares Cabral in charge of a fleet of 13 ships sailing from Lisbon to Asia Reached Brazil and claimed some of the land, giving Portugal a stake in the Americas Continued to India and established first permanent forts there for Portugal Portuguese fleets made annual voyages to India after that Lisbon became trading center of Europe
Portuguese Trading Empire Pedro Alvares Cabral in charge of a fleet of 13 ships sailing from Lisbon to Asia Reached Brazil and claimed some of the land, giving Portugal a stake in the Americas Continued to India and established first permanent forts there for Portugal Portuguese fleets made annual voyages to India after that Lisbon became trading center of Europe