An Age of Explorations and Isolation1400-1800

Essential Question:

What fueled the age of exploration and why did China and Japan withdraw into isolation?

Section 1: Europeans Explore the East

Main Idea

• Advances in sailing technology enabled Europeans to explore other parts of the world

So WHAT????

• European exploration was an important step in creating the globalized world we now live in

Section 1: Terms & Names

• Prince Henry

• Bartolomeu Dias

• Vasco da Gama

• Treaty of Tordesillas

• Dutch East India Company

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

Early Contact Limited

• New desire for contact with Asia develops in Europe in early 1400s

What changes were happening in Europe that would fuel this desire?

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

Europeans Seek New Trade Routes

• Main reason for exploration is to gain wealth GOLD!!!

• Contact during Crusades spurs demand for Asian goods

We’ll pay top livre for those delicious

spices!

Give a crusader a cookie…

Christians go fight the crusades “for the holy

lands”

Spend lots of time killing things.

ALSO, begin to enjoy some of the goods

they encounter (spices, fabrics, etc)

The crusades end

The Europeans still want their luxury

goods. They will pay good money for them

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

Europeans Seek New Trade Routes (cont.)

• Muslims and Italians control trade from East to West

• Other European nations want to bypass these powers

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

The Spread of Christianity

• Desire to spread Christianity also pushed exploration

• Bernal Diaz del Castillo

“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”

Technology Makes Exploration Possible

In the 1400s, the caravel makes it possible to sail

against the wind

Thanks for the triangle sail idea Arab lands. Now, give us

your lands and convert to Christianity. Thaaaanks.

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

Technology Makes Exploration Possible

• Astrolabe makes navigation easier

For Gold, Glory, and God!!!

Technology Makes Exploration Possible

• Magnetic compass improves tracking of direction

Portugal Leads the Way

The Portuguese Explore Africa

• Prince Henry, the son of Portugal’s king, supports exploration

• In 1419, he founds navigation school on coast of Portugal

• By 1460, Portuguese have trading posts along west coast of Africa

1394-1460

Portugal Leads the Way

Spain Also Makes a Claim

A Rival Power

• In 1492 Columbus sails for Spain

• Convinces Spanish to support plan to reach Asia by sailing…West

• Reaches the Americas instead

Spain Also Makes Claim

A Rival Power

• Opens Americas to exploration and colonization

• In 1493, pope divides these lands between Spain and Portugal

• Agreement formalized by Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494

Portugal’s Trading Empire

BIG idea: These gains break

Muslim/Italian hold on trade

Trading Empires in the Indian Ocean

Other Nations Challenge the Portuguese

• English and Dutch begin moving into Asia in 17th c.

• Dutch have more ships than any other nation in 1600

• Dutch and English weaken Portuguese control of Asian trade

• Dutch then overpower English

• Form Dutch East India Company for Asian trade

Trading Empires in the Indian Ocean

European Trade Outposts

• In 1619, Dutch set up trade headquarters at Batavia, on Java

• Throughout 1600s, Dutch trade grows

• Amsterdam, Dutch capital, becomes a wealthy city

• Dutch also control southern tip of Africa

• England’s East India Company gains strength in India

• France also gains trade foothold in India

Section 2: China Limits European Contacts

European Trade Outposts

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