1. THE 3 G’S MOTIVATIONS FOR EXPLORATION Age of Exploration

2. Gold Europeans desired expensive luxury goods  Spices, silk, perfume, and jade from China and India Trade of these good controlled by Italian merchants  Charged high prices Explorers wanted faster routes to Asia  Wanted to control trade themselves instead of going through Italy

3. Glory Explorers wanted to be famous  By finding new routes or lands their names would go down in history

4. God Explorers wanted to spread their faith around the world  New lands = new people to share Christianity (Protestantism and Catholicism) with

5. Curiosity Not all waters were explored Medieval writings of far off lands enticed explorers What else was in the world that we did not know of yet?

6. Compass Tool to help sailors calculate location Could tell at any time which direction was North

7. Astrolabe Europeans adopted from the Muslims Navigators would use the position of the sun and stars in relation to the horizon to calculate their location

8. Advancements in Shipbuilding Deep draft ships  Could withstand heavier waves, hold more cargo and carry more supplies Caravel  Light fast sailing ship  steered with a rudder in the rear of the ship, instead of side oars Lateen sails  Triangular sails that could be moved to catch wind Weapons  Cannons were added to ships to fight against enemy ships at sea