admiral zheng he 1371-1435 each ship was 400’ long and 160’ wide!
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Admiral Zheng HeAdmiral Zheng HeAdmiral Zheng HeAdmiral Zheng He
1371-1435
Each ship was 400’ long and 160’ wide!
Zheng He’s VoyagesZheng He’s VoyagesZheng He’s VoyagesZheng He’s Voyages
In 1498, Da Gama reached Calcutta, China’s favorite port!
Motives for Motives for European European
ExplorationExploration
Motives for Motives for European European
ExplorationExploration
1. Commercial Revolution by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia for trade products.(Ottomans in the way)
2. Renaissance curiosity about other lands and peoples. Humanism, Secularism
3. Reformation refugees & missionaries (Jesuits) need a place to go
4. Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue. $$$$$$$
5. Technological Advances allow maritime travel to be easier, less dangerous
New Maritime New Maritime TechnologiesTechnologiesNew Maritime New Maritime TechnologiesTechnologies
Hartman Astrolabe
(1532)
Better Maps
Mariner’s Compass School for Navigation, 1419
PortuPortuguese guese ExplorExplorationation
PortuPortuguese guese ExplorExplorationation
1. Bartolomeo Dias, 1487.
2. Vasco da Gama, 1498.
3. Pedro Cabral
Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan & the First & the First
Circumnavigation of Circumnavigation of the World:the World:
Early 16Early 16cc
Ferdinand Magellan Ferdinand Magellan & the First & the First
Circumnavigation of Circumnavigation of the World:the World:
Early 16Early 16cc
Columbus’ Four Columbus’ Four VoyagesVoyages
Columbus’ Four Columbus’ Four VoyagesVoyages
Spanish Exploration
The Treaty of The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 Tordesillas, 1494 The Pope’s Line of The Pope’s Line of
DemarcationDemarcation
The Treaty of The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 Tordesillas, 1494 The Pope’s Line of The Pope’s Line of
DemarcationDemarcation
Once information is brought back home in Europe, Spain and Portugal become rivals. Each want land in the “new world.”
To settle the dispute, the Pope steps in and draws a line on the map.
Spain receives everything West
and Portugal everything East of
the line.
The First The First Spanish Spanish
Conquests:Conquests:The AztecsThe Aztecs
The First The First Spanish Spanish
Conquests:Conquests:The AztecsThe AztecsIs Cortez Quetzalcoatl?
Spanish Spanish Conquests: Conquests:
The IncasThe Incas
Spanish Spanish Conquests: Conquests:
The IncasThe IncasAtahualpaAtahualpa
1531
The “Columbian The “Columbian Exchange”Exchange”
The “Columbian The “Columbian Exchange”Exchange” Squash Avocado Peppers Sweet
Potatoes
Turkey Pumpkin Tobacco Quinine
Cocoa Pineapple
Cassava POTATO
Peanut TOMATO Vanilla MAIZE
Syphilis
Olive COFFEE BEAN Banana Rice
Onion Turnip Honeybee Barley
Grape Peach SUGAR CANE
Oats
Citrus Fruits Pear Wheat HORSE
Cattle Sheep Pigs Smallpox
Flu Typhus Measles Malaria
Diptheria Whooping Cough
Trinkets
Liquor
GUNS
Atlantic ExplorationsAtlantic ExplorationsAtlantic ExplorationsAtlantic ExplorationsLooking for “El Dorado”Looking for “El Dorado”
Cycle of Conquest & Cycle of Conquest & ColonizationColonization
Cycle of Conquest & Cycle of Conquest & ColonizationColonization
Explorers Conquistadores
Mission
arie
s
PermanentSettlers
OfficialEuropeanColony!
Who will work these new Who will work these new lands?lands?
Who will work these new Who will work these new lands?lands?
A need for workers on A need for workers on the farm leads to:the farm leads to:
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trans-Atlantic Slave TradeTrade
A need for workers on A need for workers on the farm leads to:the farm leads to:
Trans-Atlantic Slave Trans-Atlantic Slave TradeTrade
““Middle Passage”Middle Passage”
Many died during the Middle passage. Slave ships packed as
many Africans on board as possible knowing they would
lose a large percentage.
~12.5 million were sold. Of those, 10.7 million managed to live through the horrific
journey known as the Middle Passage.
The Colonial Class The Colonial Class SystemSystem
The Colonial Class The Colonial Class SystemSystem
PeninsularPeninsulareses CreolesCreoles
MestizoMestizoss
MulattMulattosos
Native IndiansNative Indians Black SlavesBlack Slaves
After the creation of the colony, trade booms!! These trade routes come to be known as
TRIANGULAR TRADE