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2 What fueled the Age of Exploration and how did change the balance of power in the world?

3 Earlier Explorations 1.Islam & the Spice Trade  Moluccas 2.A New Player  Europe Marco Polo, 1271 3. Chinese Admiral Zheng He & the Ming “Treasure Fleet” W

4 Map of the Known World pre- 1492

5 Motives for European Exploration 1.Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. 2.Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. 3.Reformation  refugees & missionaries. 4.Gold 5.Technological advances. 6.Fame and fortune. W

6 New Maritime Technologies Hartman Astrolabe (1532) Better Maps Sextant Mariner’s Compass W

7 New Technology Caravel Wheel lock Musket W

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

9 Columbus [1451-1506]

10 Columbus’ Four Voyages

11 Other Voyages of Exploration

12 Ferdinand Magellan: 1st Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16 c

13 Impact of European Expansion 1.Native American populations ravaged by disease. ► Taino became extinct ► 1519 – 26 million ► 1605 – 2 million 2.11-15 million Africans enslaved 3.Spread of Christianity W

14 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

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

16 Spanish Treasure from the Americas! 10.5 million dollars of gold & silver between 1581 and 1600

17 European Empires in the Americas

18 4.Columbian Exchange 5.Influx of gold & silver into Europe = inflation. 10.5 million from 1581-1600 6.Deepened European rivalries. 7.Funding voyages of exploration led to Joint-stock companies Entrepreneurs Mercantilism  Capitalism W

19 New Colonial Rivals

20 Triangular Trade

21 8. New Patterns of World Trade W


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