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What were determining factors that led to the Age of Explorations?
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We are going to take a look at what made the European Explorations possible. Who led in the explorations? What inventions were needed for the explorations to be succesful?
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The 3 G’s Gold God Glory
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Desire for new sources of wealth was the main reason for European exploration. Muslims and Italians controlled the trade (had to bypass them from east to west) Monarchs of England, Spain, Portugal, and France – sought to bypass the Italian merchants. #Sea route
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After the crusades 1096 to 1270, European nations wanted to spread Christianity throughout the world. “to serve God and His Majesty, to give light to those who were in darkness and to grow rich as all men desire to do” - Bartolomeu Dias
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1200s – impossible for a sea captain to travel 3,000 miles and return. 1400s- new vessel created called the caravel could sail against the wind. Sailors also began to use the astrolabe. - Brass circle with carefully adjusted rings marked off in degrees. A captain was able to tell how far north and south the equator was.
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Portugal
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How could one achieve one of the three G’s?
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Leader in developing and applying sailing innovations. First to establish trading post along the West coast of Africa.
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Son of Portugal’s king. 1415 – helped conquer the Muslim city of Ceuta in North Africa. Found pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and other spices, gold, silver, and jewels.
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1419 – founded a navigation school on the southwestern coast of Portugal. - mapmakers, instrument makers, shipbuilders, scientist, and sea captains perfected their trade. 1460 – Henry died but with his help Portugal began creeping down Africa and making more trading post.
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Believed they had to sail around the Southern tip of Africa. 1487- Captain Bartolomeu Dias reached the Southern tip of Africa. 1498- Vasco da Gama reached the port of Calicut, on the Southwestern coast of India. da Gama was given a hero’s welcome. His 27,000 mile journey found a sea route to India. #Gold,God,Glory
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Desired a direct route to Asia. 1492 – An Italian sea captain, Christopher Columbus convinced Spain to finance his journey. October 1492 – reached an island in the Caribbean. His journey increased tensions between Spain and Portugal
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1493 – Pope Alexander VI stepped in to try to keep peace and suggested an imaginary line north to south that separated the two empires. 1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas, both groups signed the treaty and agreed to abide by it.
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European nations scrambled to establish profitable trading outposts along the shores of South and Southeast Asia. Portugal built trading post along the Indian Ocean.
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1509 – extended control by defeating a Muslim fleet 1510 – Captured the Port Goa on India’s west coast 1511- Captured the city of Malacca
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They were able to bring back goods at a fifth of the price they would have paid through the Arabs and Italians. By the 1600’s the rest of Europe had begun to descend upon Asia.
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Dutch and the English began to challenge power over the Indian ocean trade. The Dutch East India Company was richer and more powerful than England’s companies and were able to drive them out.
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