1. Age of Exploration

2. EXPLORATION

3. Reasons For Exploration
Countries like France, Portugal, and Spain wanted to increase their wealth
In order to increase their wealth they had to find new trade routes to China and India

4. Caravel

5. Astrolabe
Compass

6. Christopher Columbus - 1492
Columbus was born in Italy
He wanted to reach India by sailing West from Europe
The King and Queen of Spain funded Columbus’ voyage
Christopher Columbus
Three ships: The Nina, The Pinta, & the Santa Maria set sail.
Columbus landed in The Bahamas.
He thought it was India
He called the people he encountered…Indians

7. Columbus' Route
This must be India!

8. Did you guys know that in 1493 the European nations of Spain and Portugal actually divided the world for themselves.
They got Pope Alexander VI to create a Line of Demarcation that split the world for the two countries to control.
And you guys thought I only knew about Baseball.
Spanish Land
Portuguese land

9. Vasco da Gama 1498 Vasco da Gama sailed for Portugal
Sailed around Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean to reach India
Portugal set up trade posts in Africa, India, and China

10. Amerigo Vespucci 1501 Vespucci made two voyages to the New World
He realized that it was large continents, not islands, blocking the way to China
A German mapmaker included the two new continents in his map and named them North and South America in honor of Amerigo Vespucci

11. Vasco Nunez de Balboa 1513 Balboa sailed for Spain
He wanted to find a water route through or around the Americas
He landed in present day Panama
He walked across the isthmus of Panama and became the 1st European to see the Pacific Ocean
Balboa named it the South Sea at the time
Balboa made enemies in the Spanish government and was executed.
Balboa claims the Pacific Ocean for Spain

13. Ferdinand Magellan 1519 Magellan was Portuguese but sailed for Spain
He wanted to reach Asia by sailing west around South America
No one knew how big the continent was
Magellan renamed Balboa’s South Sea: The Pacific Ocean
First to circumnavigate (sail around) the world. 40,000 miles!
Only 18 of the 240 original crew survived. Only 1 of the 5
ships
Magellan was also killed

14. The Aztecs and Inca are Conquered
In 1519, the Aztecs welcomed Hernando Cortes and his Spanish conquistadors (Spanish conquerors), thinking they were gods
The Spanish took advantage of the Aztecs and conquered the gold filled city of Tenochtitlan
The mighty Aztec Empire had fallen
A bold conquistador named Francisco Pizarro traveled to South America with 200 soldiers in 1532.
The Spanish captured and executed the Incan emperor named Atahualpa
By 1535, the Spanish using swords, horses and primitive guns conquered the Incan Empire

15. The Colombian Exchange
Europeans Get
Natives Get
New plants: Corn Potatoes Tomatoes
New Animals
More resources
New plants: Wheat Barley
New Animals: Cattle Pigs Horses
Diseases: Small Pox Measles Typhus