1. Columbus Sails to the West

2. Do Now
If I wanted to sail west from Europe to the Moluccas Islands (Spice Islands), what might be two problems that I may encounter?

3. Aim
Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful?

4. Who was Christopher Columbus?
PQ1
Who was Christopher Columbus?

5. Christopher Columbus Late 1400s Italian navigator from Genoa, Italy
Columbus persuaded King Ferdinand (1492) and Isabella to finance his Indies enterprise
Happy to do so (driven Muslims from Spain)
Sought new sources of wealth
August 3, 1492 Columbus sailed west
October 12, 1492 Columbus found land

7. PQ2
To what extent was Columbus convinced he discovered the East Indies (Spice Islands)?

8. What divided land between Spain and Portugal?
PQ3
What divided land between Spain and Portugal?

10. Line of Demarcation
Spain and Portugal pressed rival claims to the lands of Columbus
1493: Pope Alexander VI stepped in
Set a demarcation line dividing the non-European world into two zones
Spain had land to the west
Portugal had land to the east
1500: Portuguese captain Pedro Alvarez Cabral was blown off course as he sailed around Africa
Landed in Brazil; he claimed it for Portugal

11. PQ3
What were other exploration attempts and were they successful?

12. Vasco Nunez de Balboa c. 1513

13. Ferdinand Magellan

14. John Cabot of England 1497

15. Henry Hudson sailing for the Dutch

16. Exit Card
Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful? Explain.