Post on 26-Mar-2015
The Age of The Age of ExplorationExploration
The Back-storyThe Back-story
• Reasons for exploration…– Conversion…– Gov’t interest…– Curiosity…– Spices…– Material profit…– Trade routes……
The Back - storyThe Back - story
• Advances that aided in exploration….– Magnetic compass…– Telescope…– Map-making…– Shipbuilding…– Stern-mounted
rudders…– Mentality…
The ExplorersThe Explorers
• Portugal– east to the Indies…
– Prince Henry and his Captains…
– Dias…1457-1500 – Da Gama…1460-1524– Cabral…1467-1520
– Set up 1st Commercial-Colonial Empire…de Albuquerque…
The ExplorersThe Explorers• Spain
– west to the Indies…
– Columbus…1492-1504
– The Conquistadors…1510-1550…
– The Empire…
Others…Others…
• Spain…– Vespucci…
• Dutch…– Stuyvesant…
• England…– Cabots (Father &
Son)…– Drake…– Hudson…– Raleigh…– Smith…
• France…– Cartier…– Cadillac…– Champlain…– De La Salle…– Verrazzano
The Results of The Results of Exploration – Exploration –
The Commercial The Commercial RevolutionRevolution• Changes in production…
– driven by demand…
• Changes in funding…– driven by
“capitalism”…
• Changes in role of government in economy…– driven by
“nationalism”…
• Changes in social structures…– which would last
until the 1800s…
• Deepening of East / West European divide…– step forward vs.
step back…