1. Exploration

2. The Spice Trade Europeans want Asian spices in 1400s, look for shortcuts to Asia to make spices cheaper.

3. Prince Henry the Navigator Portugal’s Prince Henry the Navigator seeks shortcut to Asia in early 1400s, sends explorers down coast of Africa

4. Portuguese Explorers Bartolomeu Dias rounds Africa’s south tip (Cape of Good Hope) in 1488 A decade later, Vasco da Gama finds sea route to India

5. Christopher Columbus Italian Christopher Columbus, sailing for Spain, leaves in 1492 when Columbus finds land in Caribbean, he thinks it is Asia

6. Ferdinand Magellan In 1519, Spain funds Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan only 18 crewmen circumnavigate – sail completely around—the world

7. John Cabot Cabot thinks north route across Atlantic might be shortcut to Asia ends up in Canada

8. The Outcomes of Exploration Imperialism - one country controls government, economy of another convert conquered peoples to Christianity Diseases kill millions Slavery