Transcript European Explorers

European Explorers
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Spain, Portugal, Italy and France
Goals for Exploration
• Exploration would allow countries to
gain wealth and fortune
• Countries would also be able to
acquire new lands and start new
colonies
Portugal Takes the Lead
• 1415
• Portugal began to actively expand their trade
• Prince Henry:
• Began a school for navigation invited…
-astronomers
-mapmakers
-mathematicians
-ship builders
Prince Henry the Navigator’s
Sponsored Route
Portugal: Vasco Da Gama
• 1498
•First to sail
around Africa
and find a sea
route to Asia
Portugal: Ferdinand Magellan
• 1519-1521
• Found the southern tip of South
America. Sailed across the Pacific
Ocean.
• They had circumnavigated
the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
Here Comes Spain
Spain was determined to be a
powerful country.
They wanted to beat Portugal to
control the trade of Asia.
SPAIN: Christopher Columbus
• 1492
• Arrived in the Caribbean Sea thinking
that he was in the Indies of Asia.
(Indonesia)
• Given the credit of discovering the
NEW WORLD
(although he always believed
he reached Asia)
Christopher Columbus
Italy: Amerigo Vespucci
• 1499-1502
• Differed with Columbus that this land
mass did not match that of Asia and that
it indeed was part of a new continent!
• From his writings, mapmakers began
labeling the new continents America
in his honor.
Amerigo Vespucci
France: Giovanni da Verrazano
• 1524
• Explored the east coast of
North America
• made the first claims for France
• His discoveries improved the maps
that would be used by explorers
who came after him.
Giovanni da Verrazano 1524
What’s so great about exploration?
• Positive aspects
–New maps were created
–New scientific tools were invented
and improved
–New lands were discovered
–New spices, crops, and medicines
were traded
What’s so great about exploration?
• Negative aspects
–Explorers often met new native
groups who were often unfriendly
–Harsh conditions and illnesses on
ships
–Exploration led to trading more
slaves