1. Age of Discovery
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2. Age of Discovery
Portugal first to begin long voyages of exploration, starting in 1420 with Prince Henry the Navigator.
Da Gama- Portugal Sailor, Discovers trade route to India, highly profitable.
Caravels- ships that were more maneuverable and could carry cannon and goods

3. Henry the Navigator Caravel

4. Vasco Da Gama

5. Age of Discovery
Astrolabe- used the sun or a star to determine ship’s latitude. Compass shows direction. Caravel and astrolabe make long voyages possible.
Christopher Columbus- Spanish discoverer of America, but went to his grave believing he had found a sea route to Asia.
Mercantilism- idea that success and prosperity of a nation relied on wealth from its colonies

6. Astrolabe Christopher Columbus

7. Age of Discovery
Plantations- Large agricultural estates set up along the coast of Brazil and islands of the Caribbean.
Treaty of Tordesillas- signed in 1494 between Spain and Portugal, Portugal had rights to explore to the East (Africa) and Spain to the West (Americas).

8. Age of Discovery Goals- Gold, God, Glory Gold- wealth through trade
God- spread Christian religion
Glory- for prestige of home countries
Cartography- art and science of mapmaking, Arab navigators had drawn usually charts for exploration.
Magellan- first explorer credited with circumnavigating the globe.

9. Early map of the known world (1482)

10. Magellan

11. Age of Discovery
Nationalism- a feeling that people have of being loyal to and proud of their country often with the belief that it is better and more important than other countries