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    God, gold and glory

    I. Motives for Exploration


    A. Technological Advances
    1. improved navigational
    methods:
    - magnetic compass and
    astrolabe
    - improved maps and
    charts
    2. improved ship designs
    - the caravel
    3. improved weapons
    - gunpowder and cannons
    Why would this be important?
    B. Desire for wealth
    1. gain access to the spice trade
    (also sugar and silk)
    Arab and Italian merchants
    had a monopoly
    2. find new sources of gold and
    silver

    C. Growth of Nation-States
    1. centralized power at home
    allowed for an outward push
    and colonization of new lands.
    D. Religious devotion / Crusading Spirit
    1. desire to convert new people to
    Christianity
    2. to strike a blow against the
    Muslims
    E. Renaissance Spirit and Values
    1. desire to learn about the world
    (intellectual curiosity)
    - Marco Polo returns with
    stories of the riches in Asia.
    2. desire for adventure,
    fortune, fame and glory.
    II. Portugal and Spain
    A. Portugal
    1. Portugal led the way
    in exploration
    a. Prince Henry the Navigator
    encourages exploration and
    the study of improvements in
    seafaring.
    b.location
    Portugal was
    well situated
    to explore
    based on
    routes
    available to
    explore.
    2. Portuguese
    sailors
    explored the
    coast of
    Africa in an
    attempt to
    find a water
    route to Asian
    trade.
    3. Portuguese explorers
    included:
    Bartholomeu Dias - first to sail
    around the southern tip ofAfrica
    Vasco da Gama - discovered an
    all water trade route between
    Portugal and India.

    B. Spain
    1. Columbus sails
    West in an
    attempt to reach
    Asia.
    a. opened the
    Americas to
    European
    colonization and
    trade.
    Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
    - Spain and Portugal sign a treaty
    dividing the newly
    discovered lands between the
    two nations
    How would you view this treaty if
    you were the English, French or
    other Europeans
    Amerigo Vespucci
    Explored the coast of the newly
    discovered lands
    Suggested Columbus had actually
    discovered a new world
    Vespuccis name begins to appear
    on maps of the New World
    Ferdinand Magellan
    attempted to find a
    Western route to Asia,
    one of his ships will
    complete the first
    circumnavigation of the
    earth. (1519-1522)

    Spanish conquistador
    Hernan Cortes arrived in
    Mexico in 1519.
    Cortes along with
    native allies
    defeated the
    Aztec.
    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

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