1. The Age of Exploration

2. An Age of Exploration Europeans Explore the East
Advances in sailing technology enable Europeans to explore other parts of the world.
New desire for contact with Asia develops in Europe in the early s

3. For "God, Glory, and Gold"
Desire to spread Christianity also spurs exploration
Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias wants to serve God and King

4. Europeans Seek New Trade Routes
Main reason for exploration is to gain wealth-spices/gold
Contact during the Crusades spurs demand for Asian goods
Muslims and Italians control trade from East to West
Other European nations want to bypass these powers

5. Technology Makes Exploration Possible
In 1400, the Caravel makes it possible to sail against the wind
Astrolabe makes navigation easier
Magnetic compass improves tracking of direction

6. Portugal Leads the Way
Prince Henry, the son of Portugal's king, supports exploration
In 1419, he founded a navigation school on the coast of Portugal
By 1460, Portuguese have trading posts along west coast of Africa

7. Portuguese Sailors Reach Asia
In 1488, Bartolomeu Dias sails around the southern tip of Africa- Cape of Good Hope
In , Vasco da Gama sails to India- lands in Calicut-SW India
In 1499, Vasco da Gama returns to Portugal with valuable cargo

8. A Rival Power In 1492, Christopher Columbus sails for Spain
Convinces Spanish to support plan to reach Asia by sailing west
Reaches the Americas instead
Opens, Americas to exploration and colonization
Agreement formalized by the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494

9. A Rival Power
Columbus made four voyages to the Caribbean islands and South America
After the death of Columbus in Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci suggested in that Columbus had discovered a “New World”

10. A Rival Power
Spain and Portugal disputed their claims in the new world- the Pope drew and imaginary line, an agreement formalized by the Treaty of Tordesillas in Spain would control lands east of the line and Portugal west of the line.

11. Voyage of Magellan
In 1519 a five ship expedition led by Portuguese sailor Ferdinand Magellan set sail under the Spanish flag to find a western route to Asia.
Magellan’s ship and two others round the southern tip of South America into the South Sea

12. Voyage of Magellan
When the ships reached present –day Philippines, Magellan was involved in a local skirmish and killed. The surviving crew completed the first circumnavigation of the globe returning Magellan’s body to Spain