1. The Age of Exploration

2. FOR GOLD, GOD, and GLORY! GOLD! (WEALTH! )
New spices in Europe (introduced during the _______________) = demand for the spices.
Europeans wanted to ______ _______ _____ _____________ !
Europeans try to find new trade routes because they want new sources of _____________.

3. GOD (Spread of __________________)
The Crusades pushed Christians to feel it was their duty to __________ _________ ______________ and convert people to Christianity ( and not to be Muslim)
Bartolomeu __________ – “ To serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness, and to grow rich as all men desire to do.”:

4. GLORY ! BEING “The ______________!” First to: Find an __________?
Create a trading port?
Control a COUNTRY!?

5. TECHNOLOGY HELPS !
The introduction of the ____________ made travel easier !
65 feet long = more space for food/ppl.
Able to explore close to _________.
Larger sails for easier ___________ and __________!

6. New Maritime Technologies
Mariner’s Compass
Sextant

7. Explorers from Portugal and Spain
As a result of their location facing the Atlantic Ocean, Portugal and Spain were well suited to kicking off the Age of Exploration.
Portugal was first country to launch ___________-__________voyages of exploration
Begun largely due to efforts of ____________ ___________, son of King John I of Portugal
Often called Henry the Navigator, not himself explorer
Patron, supporter of those who wished to explore
The Portuguese
Early ____________, Henry established court to which he brought sailors, _______________, astronomers, others
Expeditions sent west to islands in Atlantic, south to explore western coast of _____________
Portuguese settled ______________, Madeira Islands, learned more about Africa’s coast
Navigation Court

8. Exploration Attempts Water Route to India
Prince Henry’s ultimate goal—find __________________ route around Africa to India
Died before goal accomplished; attempts to find such a route not abandoned
1488, Bartolomeu _____________ became first to sail around southern tip of Africa
da Gama
1497, __________ ______ _____________ set out for India, stopped at several African ports
Learned _________________ merchants actively involved in trade
Journey took more than 10 months, eventually reached Calicut in _________
Lucrative Trade
da Gama’s trip inspired another expedition to India, led by __________ ________________
Sailed west; sighted, claimed land that became known as Brazil
Portugal established ____________ _____________; became rich, powerful European nation

9. Columbus Sailed west to ____________ Landed on the _______________
Sailed for __________ (King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella

10. Ferdinand Magellan Sailed for _________
Searched for passage to Pacific Ocean ___________ through the Americas
Sailed through “straits of Magellan”
Cuts through the southern tip of __________ ________________

11. Magellan
Died in _______________
His crew was the first to _______________ (sail all of the way around) the world

12. Explorers from the Rest of Europe
Spanish and _________________________did not remain alone in their efforts.
By early 1500s the ________________________and French were exploring northern parts of the Americas.
_________________________later joined in explorations.
________, first major English voyage of discovery launched
________ ___________ sailed to Atlantic coast of what is now Canada
Tried to repeat ____________; fleet vanished, presumably sunk
The English
English soon realized they had reached an ____________ land, not Asia
Queen sent _______ _____________ ___________ out
After stop in what is now California, Drake sailed north to seek route around North America
Sir Francis Drake
The weather was too __________, and he ended up heading west around the world to get back to England. He became the ________________ man to circumnavigate the globe.

13. Henry Hudson Also wanted to find passage to Asia
England wanted to find ________________ ____________ to Asia than Magellan found
Sent Dutch-born sailor Henry ___________________________
1607, Hudson set out to _____________
Hoped to find ______________ _______________ around Europe
Found nothing but ice, returned to England
Later made two more voyages for _____________, one for Dutch
Also wanted to find passage to Asia
Sent explorers to look for _______________ ________________
1534, Jacques Cartier sailed past ____________________ into St. Lawrence River, claimed land as province of New France, now ________________
The French
By 1600s __________________ powerful trading nation, hoped to find new products, ________________ ________________
1609, Henry Hudson set out to find Northwest Passage
Did not find _____________, but did explore river now named for him
The Dutch