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The Age of Exploration Chapter 3
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Exploration and Technology
Chapter 3 Lesson 1
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A Rush of New Ideas When: What: Merchants wanted: Problems: 1400’s
Renaissance Merchants wanted: Asian goods: spicies and silk Problems: Incorrect maps Lack of technology Dangerous journey
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The World Awaits Person: What He did:
Prince Henry of Portugal What He did: Opened a school of navigation Results made ocean exploration possible Better ships Maps Navigation tools
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The Business of Exploring
Sailor: Christopher Columbus Goal: Sail West to Asia What he needed Money for ships, crew, and supplies Solution King & Queen of Spain agreed to help
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Two Worlds Meet Where He Landed: Where he believed he landed
Island in the Caribbean Where he believed he landed Asia Where he actually landed Island in Bahamas: San Salvador Return to Spain Treated like heroes and inspired others to explore
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A Changing World Chapter 3 Lesson 2
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England Explores Explorer: Thought he found Asia
John Cabot Year: 1497 Thought he found Asia Actually landed on the coast of present-day New Foundland and Labrador
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A New Map of the World Explorer: Where he sailed:
Amerigo Vespucci Where he sailed: South American coast Realized he was on lands not yet known to Europeans Not in Asia…proved Columbus wrong North and South American were named after him
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Reaching the Pacific Explorer: What he Did: Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Year: 1513 What he Did: Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and reached the Pacific Ocean
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A New View of The World Explorer: Named the Pacific Ocean What he Did:
Ferdinand Magellan Named the Pacific Ocean Pacific means “peaceful” What he Did: His sailors were the first to travel around the world What happened to Magellan? Died in a battle in the Philippine Islands, so he didn’t make it all the way around the world
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Spanish Explorations Chapter 3 Lesson 3
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The Spanish Explore Florida
Explorer: Juan Ponce De Leon Set out to find the Fountain of Youth (he had no such luck) He did land in Florida and claimed it for Spain
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Early Conquistadors Explorer:
Hernando Cortes Conquered the Aztecs and built Mexico City
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Early Conquistadors Explorer:
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Set out to find the Seven Cities of Gold (He had no such luck) He did explore the south-west and claimed the lands for Spain
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Expeditions Continue Explorer:
Francisco Pizarro Conquered the Inca empire and took the lands for Spain
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Expeditions Continue Explorer:
Hernando de Soto He explored the south-east and claimed the lands for Spain
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Missionaries to America
In Europe there was disagreements over religion with the Catholic Church To gain new followers, convert Native Americans, and to share in the wealth, the Catholic Church sent missionaries to the New World
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Other Nations Explore Chapter 3 Lesson 4
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The Northwest passage What was it?
A short cut to Asia European nations wanted to gain wealth and power
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Giovanni da Verrazano Looking for the Northwest Passage ( didn’t find it) What he did: Searched coastlines of North America Met many Native American tribes
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Jacques Cartier Looking for the Northwest Passage ( didn’t find it)
What he did: Claimed land around the St. Lawrence River for France
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Henry Hudson Went on 4 voyages looking for the Northwest Passage ( didn’t find it) What he did: Sailed through the Arctic Ocean Claimed the Hudson River Valley for Dutch Claimed the Hudson Bay for England What happened to Hudson? His crew mutinied and left him and 8 others adrift on a boat in the Artic…he was never seen again!
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