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The Age of Exploration The Search for Spices. Motivations for Exploring the Seas 1.Spice – Medicine, Preservative, Meat, Perfume 2.“Molaccas” Island chain.

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1 The Age of Exploration The Search for Spices

2 Motivations for Exploring the Seas 1.Spice – Medicine, Preservative, Meat, Perfume 2.“Molaccas” Island chain – Modern day Indonesia – Chief Spice Center 3.In the 1400’s, Arab & Italian merchants controlled most of the trade between Europe & Asia

3 Do we really need to go through Arab & Italian merchants? Do we really need to go through Arab & Italian merchants?

4 1.Prince Henry “The Navigator” sponsored explorations for his country II. Portugal Sails

5 A. Exploring African Coast 1.Convert the natives to Christianity 2.Find gold & other riches 3.Find easier route to Asia 4.Cartographers “map makers” prepare their maps

6 B. Explorers 1.Bartholomeu Dias- 1488 rounded southern tip of Africa a.“Cape of Good Hope” 2.Vasco da Gama- 1497 went around Cape of Good Hope to port in W. Coast of India a.Seized key ports around the Indian Ocean b.Created a vast trading empire

7 III. Columbus Sails West 1.Wanted to reach E. Indies (Modern day Indonesia) 2.Believed Earth was a Sphere 3.Greatly underestimated its size

8 A. Reaching far away land 1.Portugal says no to Columbus 2.Spain says yes! King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella 3.8/3/1492 --- land hoo 10/12/1492 -- Caribbean Islands 4.Called people Indians? Why?

9 B. Dividing the Globe in Half – What does the Pope say? 1.Line of Demarcation – Divides non-Europeans world into 2 zones a.Spain gets trading rights west of the line b.Portugal gets east c.Where’s the line? 2.Treaty of Tordesillas -1494 enforced the Line of Demarcation a.Its empire building time! Spain Portugal

10 C. America’s name 1.Amerigo Vespucci - Italian sea captain journal of Brazil 2.German map maker uses Vespucci’s journal description to publish map of region. Named region “America”

11 IV. Search for direct route to Asia continues A.Vasco de Balboa - finds Pacific through Panama B.Ferdinand Magellan- 1519 1.5 ships set out to find Asia through Pacific 2.Straight of Magellan 3.4 months to Philippines -Magellan killed by Natives 4.1522 1 ship returns to Spain 18 sailors 5.1 st crew to “Circumnavigate” sail around the world. Magellan killed

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