Transcript PRESENTATION NAME - Halton District School Board

NEW INVENTIONS, IDEAS,
& INTERESTS LEADing TO
AN AGE OF EXPLORATION
1450-1600 A.D
Social Studies
Ms. Lancaster
An Age of Exploration
• An overland trading network existed
throughout North, Central, and
South America before Europeans
arrived
• Trade goods came overland from Asia
to the trading centres of Europe
• When trading goods overland became
too expensive, European traders
began to seek ocean routes to Asia
• European Explorers searched for a
passage through North America to Asia
• They came across a huge new land mass that
existed between the Atlantic and Pacific
Ocean
Trading Overseas
• Ocean voyages were very costly $$$
• Wealthy European merchants and Monarchs
provided money for these voyages
• Monarchs wished to find out more about the world
and gain power and riches from Asia
– They hired mariners to send ships to seek a
route to Asia.
Looking for an ocean
route to Asia
Explorer Map
• The Northwest Passage
Trading Overseas
• Portugal and Spain were the first European
countries to send ships to seek a water route
to Asia
• England and France sent expeditions
shortly after
• While searching for trade routes, the
Europeans explored North and South
America
Now what????
• After the Northwest Passage
was discovered the Europeans
acquired new knowledge of the
world’s geography
• They wanted to make the very
most out of their new discovery
• This meant…….
New Inventions
• New technologies were create or
improvements were made on old gadgets to
enable sailors to navigate better
– Such as : Compass, astroblabe, ruder, and
lateen sail
New Weapons
• Cannons were added to trade ships
to protect them from pirate attacks
– Pirates would kill members of the crew
and steal all the cargo
Availability of
Knowledge
• With new areas of the world being explored
also came new knowledge which lead to stories
of travel and explorations
– Johann Gutenberg invented the printing
press which used type letters to make
words (early typewriter)
– Books were made faster and cheaper and
became widely available
Map CreationS
• Many areas of the world were previously unmapped
because they were unknown
• European sailors explored more of the world and
new information was added to maps and corrections
were made to existing maps
• Maps were created to
record where they had been
and to mark trade routes
Any Questions???
• Powerpoint lesson will be available on the
website if you missed any important notes.
• Ms. Lancaster