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A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492 Motives for European Exploration 1.Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. 2.Renaissance  curiosity about.

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2 A Map of the Known World, pre- 1492

3 Motives for European Exploration 1.Crusades  by-pass intermediaries to get to Asia. 2.Renaissance  curiosity about other lands and peoples. 3.Reformation  refugees & missionaries. 4.Monarchs seeking new sources of revenue. 5.Technological advances. 6.Fame and fortune.

4 New Maritime Technologies Hartman Astrolabe (1532) Better Maps [Portulan] Sextant Mariner’s Compass

5 New Weapons Technology

6 Prince Henry, the Navigator School for Navigation, 1419

7 Museum of Navigation in Lisbon

8 Portuguese Maritime Empire 1.Exploring the west coast of Africa. 2.Bartolomeo Dias, 1487. 1 st to sail around the southern tip of Africa 3.Vasco da Gama, 1498. 1 st to sail around the southern tip of Africa all the way to SE Asia (India)Vasco da Gama, 1498.

9 Columbus’ Four Voyages Four VoyagesFour Voyages Columbus’ Four Voyages Four VoyagesFour Voyages

10 Christófo Colón [1451-1506]

11 Other Voyages of Exploration

12 Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94s85-Crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94s85-Crew Ferdinand Magellan & the First Circumnavigation of the World: Early 16c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94s85-Crew https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y94s85-Crew

13 Atlantic Explorations Looking for “El Dorado”

14 Fernando Cortés The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs The Aztecs The Aztecs The First Spanish Conquests: The Aztecs The Aztecs The Aztecs Montezuma II vs.vs.

15 Francisco Pizarro The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas The IncasThe Incas The First Spanish Conquests: The Incas The IncasThe IncasAtahualpaAtahualpa vs.vs.

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17 The “Columbian 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

18 Cycle of Conquest & Colonization Explorers Conquistadores Missionaries Permanent Settlers Official European Colony!

19 Treasures from the Americas!

20 Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

21 The Slave Trade 1.Existed in Africa before the coming of the Europeans. 2.Portuguese replaced European slaves with Africans. Sugar cane & sugar plantations. First boatload of African slaves brought by the Spanish in 1518. 275,000 enslaved Africans exported to other countries. 3.Between 16c & 19c, about 10 million Africans shipped to the Americas.

22 Slave Ship

23 “Coffin” Position Below Deck

24 African Captives Thrown Overboard

25 European Empires in the Americas

26 The Colonial Class System PeninsularesPeninsulares CreolesCreoles MestizosMestizosMulattosMulattos Native Indians Black Slaves

27 Administration of the Spanish Empire in the New World 1.Encomienda or forced labor. 2.Council of the Indies. Viceroy. New Spain and Peru. 3.Papal agreement.

28 The Influence of the Colonial Catholic Church Guadalajara Cathedral Guadalajara Cathedral Our Lady of Guadalupe Our Lady of Guadalupe Spanish Mission Spanish Mission

29 The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494 & The Pope’s Line of Demarcation

30 Father Bartolomé de Las Casas New Laws --> 1542

31 New Colonial Rivals 1.Portugal lacked the numbers and wealth to dominate trade in the Indian Ocean. 2.Spain in Asia  consolidated its holdings in the Philippines. 3.First English expedition to the Indies in 1591. Surat in NW India in 1608. 4.Dutch arrive in India in 1595.

32 New Colonial Rivals

33 Impact of European Expansion 1.Native populations ravaged by disease. 2.Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate. 3.New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. 4.Deepened colonial rivalries.

34 5. New Patterns of World Trade ©2004 Wadsworth, a division of Thomson Learning, Inc. Thomson Learning ™ is a trademark used herein under license.


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