Transcript Europeans Explore the East

Europeans Explore the
East
Section 3-1
Why the Age of Exploration Began
► God
► Gold
► Glory
For God
► The
spreading of
Christianity became of
motivating factor for many
Europeans
► The Crusades left a feeling
of hostility between
Christians and Muslims
► Many saw it as their duty
to convert non-Christians
For Gold
The Crusades introduced Europeans to spices and other luxury
goods from Asia
► Muslims>Italians>other Europeans at an increased profit
► The Italian and Muslims had a corner on the spice trade and
other nations began to look for alternative routes to the East
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For Glory
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Several advances in technology opened the door for
explorers seeking fame to complete trips that were
impossible only a few years before
The caravel, sextant, magnetic compass, and astrolabe
were used to improve navigation at sea
Portugal Leads the Way
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Prince Henry est. a navigation
school in order perfect their
shipping capabilities
He wanted to reach the vast
stores of spices and other
treasures that were in the East
After only a few years the
Portuguese had est. several
trading ports on Africa’s west
coast
They then set the sights on
East Africa and Asia
To The East
► Bartholomew
Dias was the 1st
captain to sail around the tip
of Africa
► Vasco da Gama was the 1st
European captain to reach
India (he filled his ships with
spices and treasure from
there and returned to Portugal
a hero)
Problems with the Spanish
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Christopher Columbus got the
Spanish Monarchy to finance a
trip West across the Atlantic to
est. a route to Asia
This opened the door for
American exploration but also
led to problems between Spain
and Portugal over the land
The Pope stepped in to keep
the peace, he proposed the
Treaty of Tordesillas which set
up the Line of Demarcation
(West is Spanish and East was
Portuguese)
Trading Dominance
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Portuguese set up a trading empire in
the Indian Ocean region which took control
of the spice trade from the Muslims
The Dutch take Control
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The Dutch Netherlands set
out to take the Indian Ocean
trade away from Portugal
They had the biggest most
powerful navy in Europe and
est. the Dutch East India
Company-an entity that
could mint money, sign
treaties, and raise an army
The Dutch drove out the
Portuguese and held off the
English to remain dominant
in the region
England and France
Because of the Dutch
dominance, England
and France looked
elsewhere for riches
► England est. a firm hold
on India and both
nations began to look to
the Americas for wealth
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