1. Chapter 2 Lesson 1
The Growth of Trade

2. Advances that paved the way for European exploration
Shipbuilding - advances in shipbuilding meant ships could sail across the open ocean
Carrack - large enough to carry supplies for a long voyage (Santa Maria)
Caravels - smaller but easier to handle, could sail close to shore (Nina, Pinta)
Maps - updated maps prior to Columbus
Tools - compass, astrolabe, quadrant
All three, tools to help navigate

3. Columbus exploring the world
Christopher Columbus convinces Queen Isabella of Spain to fund his expedition. She agrees because:
Columbus promised to bring Christianity to any lands he finds
And to find a new trade route to Asia= Spain would grow rich from increased trade
August 3, 1492 – Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
October 12, Columbus and his crew spot land!
Columbus believed he had landed in the East Indies (India/Asia)
But he really landed in the West Indies (Bahamas)
3 more voyages - Hispaniola, Cuba, and Jamaica. He also would go on to map the coastline of Central America.

4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513)
Amerigo Vespucci (1502)
Sailed South America’s Coast; discovered South America was not part of Asia; people called the land “America” in his honor
Vasco Nunez de Balboa (1513)
discovered vast body of water (later called Pacific Ocean) and claimed the lands along it as Spain’s
Ferdinand Magellan (1520)
Named the pacific ocean “Pacific” because it was calm; 1st ship to circumnavigate (sail around) the world,

5. The Columbian Exchange
Exchange of people, plants, animals, and germs between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
To Americas: crops, livestock (animals), diseases, and enslaved people
To Europe: crops, animals, and diseases too

6. Magellan’s Journey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylwiOLab5AA

7. On a piece of paper…
Write a paragraph supporting your opinion on the following question:
Who played the most important role in exploring the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Amerigo Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan