Aim: How did the Age of Exploration begin? What

impact did it have on Europe?

Do Now: In what ways did the pursuit of GOLD, GOD, and Glory serve as Motivation for European Age of Exploration?

I European Exploration and Expansion

•The age of Exploration is considered a turning point in world history

•This was inspired by the Crusades, the writings of Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta and the Renaissance

•Trade linked through land routes: Persia, Arabia, Asia, Silk Road

•Europeans wanted direct route to the east, rather than middlemen

•Many areas of the world were unknown

II Motives for Exploration

•Europeans wanted to find a direct route to Asia

•They wanted to build a world empire

•They desired wealth, goods and natural resources

•Europeans primary motive was economic

•Desire for wealth and foreign goods

•Jewels and tea from India, Silk, Porcelain and other goods from China

•Wanted to sell foreign goods for profit

•Europeans wanted to spread Christianity

III. New Technology

•Late 15th century new maps

•Astrolabe: Navigational device determines latitude

•Magnetic Compass: Borrowed from China, traded by Arabs, used to tell direction

•Gun powder

A rudder is a device used to steera ship.

The Chinese invented the compass.

Portugal and Spain led the way!

Catholic countries like Portugal and Spain would seek new trade routes

for “God, Glory, and Gold.” The worldwould never be the same again.

IV Portugal

•Prince Henry the Navigator created a navigational and sailing school

•Trained people to sail and explore

•Conquered islands in Atlantic and on Africa’s coast

•1497- Vasco de Gama sailed around Africa was first European to reach India by sea

•Ferdinand Magellan-Led the first successful expedition to circumnavigate the globe

The Portugueseexplorer, Vasco

da Gama, discoveredan all-water route to

India in 1498.

 V. Spain

•1492 Ferdinand and Isabella financed Christopher Columbus

•Columbus sailed west and discovered the Americas

While searching for an all water route to Asia, in 1492, Columbus accidentally landed in America.

VI. The Dutch

•Set up the Dutch East India Trading Company

•Begin to take lands in Indonesia, South Africa, and North America

•Henry Hudson sailed and claimed what is now New York

•Bought island of Manhattan

Half Moon is a full scale replica of the original Dutch ship of exploration sailed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch East India Company in 1609

A great exchange of people, ideas, andproducts occurred as trade developed

between the Americas, Europe, andAfrica. This great exchange is called

the Columbian Exchange.

While the Age of Exploration greatlybenefited the Europeans, it greatly

harmed the Native American Indianswho lost their land, freedom, and culture.

It also greatly harmed the African slaveswho were enslaved to replace a dying

Indian population in the Americas.

The Age of Exploration

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Questions for Reflection:

• List three motives for the European Age of Exploration.

• List two inventions which revolutionized navigation.

• Who was Christopher Columbus and what was the significance of his travels?

• Who was Ferdinand Magellan and how did his journey affect future navigators?