1. Exploration and discovery
Mr. Kirkendall

2. Motives for Exploration
Spices and Linens
Spread Christianity
Fortune and Glory
Competition for:
Wealth
Influence
Territory
Problem
The Crusades created tension between the Christians and Muslims

3. Portugal Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias Vasco da Gama
Sponsored expeditions to Africa
Gold Coast in Africa
Bartholomeu Dias
Rounded the Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
Rounded the ape and sailed to India
Result:
We see the first European trading empire

4. Spain Christopher Columbus 1492 Financed by Isabella and Ferdinand
Determined to find a western route to Asia
Reached the Caribbean Islands
Thought he reached Asia
Rather than compete with Portugal, Spain decides to explore West

5. Treaty of Tordesillas Two Catholic nations Conflict Solution Portugal
Spain
Conflict
Claims Asian trade
Solution
Attempt to avoid war
Imaginary line between in the Atlantic separating the right of exploration for Spain and Portugal
This resulted in a Spanish Empire !

6. From Exploration to Conquest
Hernan Cortes
1518
Central America
Objective: conquer the New World rather than explore it
Subdued the Aztec Empire led by Montezuma with just a couple hundred men (muskets, horses, and disease)
Hernan Cortes burned all his ships after arriving in Central America to motivate his men and show that there is no going back !

7. From Exploration to Conquest
Francisco Pizarro
1533
His small army of conquistadors defeated the Incas and their emperor

8. Impact of Exploration
Gold and Silver from the New World to Spain made it the richest and most powerful nation in Europe
Spices from Asia to Portugal
Europe acquired new agricultural products
Potatoes
Corn
Tobacco
Coffee
Columbian Exchange- an exchange of goods, plants, animals, and also diseases that followed Columbus’s initial connection of Europe and the Americas