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CHAPTER 4 The West and the World: Explorations and Encounter
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Portuguese Where did they go? Africa, 1434 Canary Islands, 1497 Vasco daGama - India
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What did they gain? Trade: they took trade away from Muslims and away from Venetian traders in Italian. They did not take land. Portugal became a centre of trade Spices, pepper, slaves (45) gold, ivory
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How did they view natives? As civilized people-traded with them Muslims and Indians were civilized at that time. Took slaves from Africa-saw these as inferior.
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Why did they go? Against the Muslims who took their trade to promote Christianity to seek the lost Christian civilization of Prester John
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What technology enabled them? caravel nao Carrack
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What technology enabled them? magnetized needle compass Astrolabe longitude and latitude navigational cross-staff.
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Spanish - where did they go? Christopher Columbus 1492 to Canary Islands Cortez arrives in Mexico 1519 Magellan 1519 Pacific Ocean->Philippines Others to San Salvador, Mexico, Peru
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Why did they go? To find a new route to Asia
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What did they gain? Slaves hatred metals (silver, gold) Spices high inflation “Black legend” Potatoes, rice,bananas
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How did they view natives? Columbus view – naked, had no religion, should be good and intelligent servants Naked culturally RCC – “barbarous nation be overthrown and brought to the faith – Church sanctioned Not all agreed – Michel deMontaigne
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What technology enabled them? Crossbows and guns, horses, nothing more than the Portuguese had
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England: Where did they go? John Cabot went to Newfoundland, 1497 Sebastian Cabot went to Hudson strait 1508 Ferdinand Magellan around S. America 1526 Sebastian Cabot - Brazil, Paraguay
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Why did they go? To find the Northwest passage – a shorter route to Asia Ultimately, for trade
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What did they gain? Fish (cod), timber, fur, claimed land for England debts to the royal coffers
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How did they view natives? not hostile unless natives appeared hostile; did wipe out the Beotuks, made treaties (although poor ones) claimed land for England
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Technology: compass, quadrant, astrolabe, dripping needle, improved rudder cross-staff
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France: Where did they go? Jacques Cartier 1534 Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1535St Lawrence River
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Why did they go? To obtain precious metals To find the northwest passage to get wealth like Spain To finance wars (with England) To acquire more land Thus, a commercial operation.
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What did they gain? Claimed land (Canada) for France Much later claimed Louisiana Purchase for France (1803)
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How did they view natives? got along well at first with Algonquin Fighting with the Five-nation Iroquois Coeur de bois – traders with natives Converting the natives
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What technology enabled them? None mentioned in ch 4 or ch 7; therefore, we assume that they had similar technologies as other countries
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