2. New World Explorers

3. Overview

4. Motives For Exploration Curiosity Religion National Pride Money Fame Foreign Goods Faster, Cheaper trade Routes

5. Ok the last slide is a little on the simple side so explain what were the motivators for Exploration?

6. First Guys The First Explorers –Eskimos & Aleuts (Native Americans) –Japanese & Chinese Fishermen –West Africans (Olmec Legend) –European Vikings Thorfinn Karlsefni –mapped part of North American coast –Tried to settle Newfoundland

7. The Vikings Eric the Red (c. 960) -brought family from Norway to Iceland, then settled in Greenland Leif Eriksson (c. 1000) -landed in present-day Newfoundland -only remained three years

8. EXPLORATION & CONQUEST The European Explorers / 15 & 16 th centuries –Portugal – the African Coast & Route Prince Henry the Navigator –30 voyages along the African Coast Bartholomeu Dias – Cape Good Hope 1488 Vasco De Gama – Calicut, India 1498 Pedro Cabal – East South America 1500 –The Brazilian Mistake Colonies in West Africa, the Persian Gulf, Macao, and Brazil

9. Christopher Columbus Read Marco Polo’s Travels – it sparked his imagination Idea: travel West to get East

10. The World’s Biggest Secret

11. Christopher Columbus Read Marco Polo’s Travels – it sparked his imagination Idea: travel West to get East Portugal said “NO” but Spain said “YES” October 12, 1492 Columbus lands on a small island in the Bahamas Columbus dies never knowing he did not land in India

12. EXPLORATION & CONQUEST Motivational Factors European Exploration in the Americas 2. Establishment of new trade routes and national claims of territories Existing routes were expensive and dangerous due to pirates & wars Monopolized by Italian merchants who functioned as middlemen in trade between Europe & Asia

13. Conflict Over The Americas *Line of Demarcation -Pope Alexander Vi draws a line 300 miles west of the Azores Islands *Treaty of Tordesillas -Moved the Line of Demarcation 650 miles further west

14. The Three G’s of Spanish Conquest Gold Glory God

15. Spanish Conquistadors Juan Ponce de Leon –1513- explored and claimed Florida Francisco Pizarro –1533 -conquered the Inca empire in South America Hernando Cortez – 1519 -conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico

16. Horrible Histories Horrible Histories Pizzaro

17. The French: Early Exploration Giovanni Verrazano-1524 -sailed the east coast of North America Jacque Cartier-1534-6 -explored the St. Lawrence River and claimed the Grand Bank Samuel de Champlian-1603-8 -founded Quebec and established the colony of New France

19. The French: Later Exploration Louis Joliet & Jacques Marquette – 1673 -explored up the Mississippi River Robert La Salle – 1682 -claimed and named the Louisiana Territory

21. The English: Better Late than Never John Cabot -tried to find route to China only found Newfoundland Henry Hudson -explored Hudson Bay

24. Who Claimed What? Russia -Alaska Portugal -Brazil France -Most of Canada -Louisiana Territory England -The east coast of N. America from Spanish Florida to French Canada Spain -The west coast of the Americas from northern California to Tierra del Fuego