1. Learning Objectives To understand reasons why people explore the world To know how maps changed over time To recognise reasons why Tudor exploration increased during the reign of Elizabeth I

2. Why do people explore the world ?
maps
to be the best
future over - population of the planet?
Treasure
To look for resources
looking for places to live
scientific enquiry
to meet new trading partners
For personal reasons

3. Ortelius’s map 1592 Sir Humphrey Gilbert’s map 1576
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Ortelius’s map 1592

4. Sir Walter Rayleigh
Established English
settlement in America
Sir Francis Drake
The first Englishman
to circumnavigate the world