the age of exploration. underlying causes 1. desire for greater wealth 2. expanded knowledge 3....
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The Age of Exploration
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Underlying Causes
1. Desire for Greater Wealth
2. Expanded Knowledge
3. Desire to Spread Christianity
4. Technological Advances
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1. Desire for Wealth
A.The Crusades exposed Europeans to new products.
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1. Desire for Wealth
B. Marco Polo’s stories excited Europeans about the riches of the East.
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1. Desire for Wealth
C. Italians controlled trade in the Mediterranean Sea.
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2. Expanded Knowledge
-- Geographic information from both Classical and Muslim scholars motivated Europeans toexplore.
3. Desire to Spread Christianity-- the Crusades had awakened an interest in converting the non-Christian peoples
-- ex. The Jesuits
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4. Technological Advances
A. The Caravel -- a ship that allowed open ocean travel
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4. Technological Advances
B. The astrolabe – allowed a captain to pinpoint how far north or south of the equator he was located.
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4. Technological Advances
C. The magnetic compass
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Early Exploration
Portugal and Spain
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Portugal Led the Way1. 1419 -- Prince Henry (the “Navigator”)
established a school of navigation on the southwest coast of Portugal.
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Portugal Led the Way2. Numerous Portuguese voyages mapped the coast
of Africa and established trading posts.
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3. 1488 – Bartolomeu Dias reached the southern tip of Africa
Portugal Led the Way
4. 1498 – Vasco da Gama reached the coast of India
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Spain “discovers” America
1492 – Columbus reached the Caribbean islands
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Spain “discovers” America
-- Later Spanish explorers claimed most of Central and South America for
Spain, as well as much of North America
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Conflict between Portugal and Spain
1493 – Pope Alexander VI drew the Line of Demarcation to divide Spanish and Portuguese territories.
1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas shifted the line westward
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