1. Introduction to Galleon By: Mrs. Ocampo Middle Ages (Dark Ages) Crusades-200 Year Holy War Marco Polo Age of Exploration

2. The Middle Ages 476-1000 AD AKA Dark Ages Hard Life Feudal System Knights, kings, like Robin Hood Plain Food * Clothes were coarse and uncomfortable (flax and wool)* Houses/furniture put together crudely* Many people couldn’t read or write Bible was #1 along with all Holy Places*

5. Crusades 11 th Century Pilgrimages to Palestine- Holy Land War-like Turks ruled the holy land and used churches for stables-Moslems Stopped pilgrimages and began the 200 years War Kings were angry- THIS MEANS WAR!!!

6. Pilgrimage to Holy Land Turks Stopped Them Holy Land taken over by Turks

7. Result of Crusades Christian people loved seeing the beautiful buildings Shopped in the marketplaces of Constantinople. Bought- silk,teas, woven cottons, spices* Saw pearls, gems, rubies, other precious stones* Ate yummy spicy food from East Indies* Tea from China and wine from Arabia Rugs and Carpets from Arabia

8. SHOPPING Silk and soft cottons Constantinople and Palestine Pearls, diamonds, rubies, And other precious stones Tea from China Wine from Arabia Rugs from Persia Ivory from Africa

9. Seeing the Good Life Christians came back to Europe wanting MORE GOOD STUFF. Out with the bland food and scratchy clothing in with the Fancy Stuff! I WANT MORE!

10. Marco Polo Left Italy for long voyage East Family of jewel merchants Trade with Cathay Served Kublai Khan- ruler of Cathay for 24 years Wrote a book- think “catalog of goods”, palaces with roofs of gold TRADE BEGAN!!! WE WANT MORE!!!

11. The Book of the Marvels of the World by Marco Polo

12. How do we get the Good Stuff to Europe? Italy very busy port across Mediterranean Sea Deserts- people traveled through the Middle East by camel – partly by sea and land Began looking for a new route to Far East- China and India…… AGE OF EXPLORATION!!!!

14. TRAVEL BY SEA Henry the Navigator- build an observatory- School for Navigators, sent sailor around coast of Africa Sailors didn’t move away from sight of land Used sun and stars to navigate (astrolabe) Astolabe- tells how far you are from the equator. Dias-sailed further down south coast of Africa, stormy seas, reached southern tip – Cape of Storms King John changed to Cape of Good Hope- thought storms would scare sailors Pillar of stone (place a stone for as far as you travel….

16. Bartholomeu Dias Cape of Storms Name Change- Cape of Good Hope

17. COLUMBUS’ Voyage begins…. Left from Spain King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella supported his dream Town of Palos supplied his ship and then was punished for helping him. They smuggled goods. Santa Maria and Pinta was stolen. 88 seamen were forced on the ship across the Sea of Darkness.

18. Omen of Doom Rudder broke on Pinta while at sea At Canary Islands- had to change lateen sails (triangle) to square sails on Nina Portugese Man-of-War were hunting them down. As he passed last island, it exploded with a violent volcanic eruptions. Broken compass, Sargasso Sea (weeds)

19. Columbus Demise 1492 -70 Days to San Salvador- (means Holy Savior)in Bahamas Continued to think he reached Asia, calling native people Indians (from India) Actually discovered the Americas Vasco de Gama actually found route to Far East Inspired explorers to come to Americas in search of gold Age of Exploration has begun!!