1. European Explorations
The Age of Early
European Explorations
& Conquests
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2. Earlier Explorations Islam & the Spice Trade  Malacca
A New Player  Europe
Nicolo, Maffeo, & Marco Polo, 1271
Expansion becomes a state enterprise  monarchs had the authority & the resources.
Better seaworthy ships.
Chinese Admiral Zheng He & the Ming “Treasure Fleet”

3. Admiral Zheng He
Each ship was 400’ long and 160’ wide!

4. A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492

5. Motives for European Exploration
Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia.
Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples.
Reformation  refugees & missionaries.
Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue.
Technological advances.
Fame and fortune.

6. New Maritime Technologies Better Maps [Portulan]
Hartman Astrolabe (1532)‏
Mariner’s Compass
Sextant

7. New Weapons Technology

8. Prince Henry, the Navigator
School for Navigation, 1419

9. Museum of Navigation in Lisbon

10. Portuguese Maritime Empire
Exploring the west coast of Africa.
Bartolomeo Dias, 1487.
Vasco da Gama, 1498.
Calicut.
Admiral Alfonso de Albuquerque (Goa, 1510; Malacca, 1511).

11. Zheng He’s Voyages
In 1498, Da Gama reached Calcutta, China’s favorite port!

12. Christofo Colon [ ]

13. Columbus’ Four Voyages

14. Other Voyages of Exploration

15. Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c

16. Atlantic Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”

17. The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs
vs.
Fernando Cortez
Montezuma II

18. The Death of Montezuma II

19. Mexico Surrenders to Cortez

20. The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas
vs.
Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa

21. Slaves Working in a Brazilian Sugar Mill

22. Why would the
'Columbian Exchange'
be considered the
tsunami of
unintentional
"bio-terrorism"??

23. The “Columbian Exchange”
Syphilis
MAIZE
Vanilla
TOMATO
Peanut
POTATO
Cassava
Pineapple
Cocoa
Quinine
Tobacco
Pumpkin
Turkey
Sweet Potatoes
Peppers
Avocado
Squash
GUNS
Liquor
Trinkets
Whooping Cough
Diptheria
Malaria
Measles
Typhus
Flu
Smallpox
Pigs
Sheep
Cattle
HORSE
Wheat
Pear
Citrus Fruits
Oats
SUGAR CANE
Peach
Grape
Barley
Honeybee
Turnip
Onion
Rice
Banana
COFFEE BEAN
Olive

24. Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Official European Colony!
Explorers
Conquistadores
Official European Colony!
Missionaries
Permanent Settlers

25. Treasures from the Americas!