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The Age of Exploration
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Underlying Causes 1. Desire for Greater Wealth 2. Expanded Knowledge 3. Desire to Spread Christianity 4. Technological Advances
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1. Desire for Wealth A.The Crusades exposed Europeans to new products.
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1. Desire for Wealth B. Marco Polo’s stories excited Europeans about the riches of the East.
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1. Desire for Wealth C. Italians controlled trade in the Mediterranean Sea.
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2. Expanded Knowledge -- Geographic information from both Classical and Muslim scholars motivated Europeans to explore. 3. Desire to Spread Christianity -- the Crusades had awakened an interest in converting the non-Christian peoples -- ex. The Jesuits
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4. Technological Advances A. The Caravel -- a ship that allowed open ocean travel
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4. Technological Advances B. The astrolabe – allowed a captain to pinpoint how far north or south of the equator he was located.
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4. Technological Advances C. The magnetic compass
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Early Exploration Portugal and Spain
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Portugal Led the Way 1.1419 -- Prince Henry (the “Navigator”) established a school of navigation on the southwest coast of Portugal.
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Portugal Led the Way 2. Numerous Portuguese voyages mapped the coast of Africa and established trading posts.
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3. 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa Portugal Led the Way 4. 1498 – Vasco da Gama reached the coast of India
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Spain “discovers” America 1492 – Columbus reached the Caribbean islands
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Spain “discovers” America -- Later Spanish explorers claimed most of Central and South America for Spain, as well as much of North America
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Conflict between Portugal and Spain 1493 – Pope Alexander VI drew the Line of Demarcation to divide Spanish and Portuguese territories. 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas shifted the line westward
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