1. Chapter 17 Lesson 1 | Mr. Featherling | World History
Age of Exploration
Chapter 17 Lesson 1 | Mr. Featherling | World History

2. Motives and Means Fascinated by Asia and Asian goods
Marco Polo traveled to China and wrote The Travels
Travel by land was harder since Ottoman Turks expanded
Cut out the Arab middleman who made prices very expensive
Fine precious metals
“Gold, glory, God”
Make sure indigenous people were introduced in and instructed in the holy Catholic Faith.
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3. New sailing Tech
Caravel – small, fast maneuverable ship and large cargo hold
Astrolabe (Greek)
Magnetic compass (China)
Knowledge of wind patterns
Atlantic Ocean Winds
Trade Winds South & West
Westerlies West to East
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4. Race for Riches Portuguese Explorers 1420 - Prince Henry the Navigator
Discovered gold – S. Coast of W. Africa
New Route to India via S. Africa
1488 Bartholomeu Dias
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco de Gama Went around Africa to India
Made trade ports to control the spice trade
Did not have the power, people or desire to colonize
Spanish Explorers
Sailed West across the Atlantic to find route to Asia
Christopher Columbus – by sailing W. he could find a quicker route
October 1492 – Persuaded Queen Isabella to finance an exploratory
4 Trips – tried to find Asia on the other side of the islands
Caribbean islands and Honduras – called them the Indies
Ferdinand Magellan – Sailed around the tip of S. America (Strait of Magellan) and killed in the Philippines
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5. Treaty of Tordesillas - 1494
Boundary line extending from  north to south through the Atlantic Ocean and the easternmost part of the South American continent
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6. Other explorers 1497 - John Cabot – Venice sailor
Explored New England’s coastline
1500 – Pedro Cabral – Portuguese
South America (Brazil)
Amerigo Vespucci – Florentine
Drew maps and wrote about the new land
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7. Spanish Conquistadors
Aztec
Hernán Cortés landed in Veracruz (Gulf of Mexico)
550 soldiers and 16 horses
Made alliance with city-states
Montezuma saw Cortez as a reincarnation of Quetzalcoatl
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8. Conquest of the Inca Francisco Pizarro 180 men Burned ships Small pox
Emperor was killed
2 sons fought for the throne
Pizarro killed Atahualpa
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