1. The Age of Discovery & Exploration
The Re-Discovery of America

2. New Navigation Tools Allow Trans-Atlantic Travel
Navigational Schools – taught a new generation of sailors
New Ships – The Portuguese Caravel was a revolution in Ocean Travel
New Instruments – The Astrolabe helped determine Location while sailing

3. Prince Henry of Portugal
Navigational Schools
Prince Henry of Portugal
“Henry the Navigator”
Taught sailors how to navigate oceans
Used new navigational tools to make travel easier

4. New Ship Technology Portuguese / Spanish Design
Made long Ocean voyages possible
Fast, tough ships
Could hold large amounts of cargo

5. New Instruments / Technology
Astrolabe
Technology brought back from the Crusades
Helped determine Latitude
Allowed sailors to sail away from the coast

6. What Motivated Them? God (To Spread Christianity)
Gold (To Gain Wealth)
Glory (For the Reputation of their Nation)

7. Ferdinand Magellan Achievements Magellan’s Voyage Portuguese Explorer
First Person to Circumnavigate the Globe
Died during Voyage

8. (Looking for riches and spices to trade)
Spain Sends Columbus
Looking for a trade route to East Asia
(Looking for riches and spices to trade)
Believes world to be round
Chooses to sail west from Spain around the world

9. Columbus’s Encounter Explored for Spain 1492 Looking for East Asia
He believes he is in India – Mistakenly calls Natives “Indians”