Transcript The Age of Exploration

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Period when Europeans began to explore the
rest of the world.
Improvements in mapmaking, shipbuilding,
rigging, and navigation made this possible.
Blue water sailing, not just coastal sailing.
Policy of mercantilism drives exploration.
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European monarchs adopt new economic
policy
Believed nation’s real wealth was measured in
its gold and silver treasure.
Therefore, nations should export more than it
imports
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Overseas colonies are beneficial to parent
country through resources and raw materials.
These could be turned into manufactured
goods and sold.
Imposed high tariffs on imported good.
GOAL: Increase wealth
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3 G’s: God, Gold, Glory
Find a sea route to Asia for access to spices:
flavor, medicine, and perfumes
Expansion: to control a larger empire
Furs: valuable in Europe
Expand knowledge of the world: Overlaps
Renaissancedesire to learn
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New and improved maps
Magnetic compass
Caravel
Astrolabe
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After Columbus returned to Spain: King and
Queen of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella,
appealed to Pope to support their claim of
lands in the “New World”
Pope set Line of Demarcation-divided nonEuropean world into two zones. Both countries
agreed and signed the Treaty of Tordesillas.
Spain had trade and exploration rights to the
West. Portugal to the East. (PEWS)
Spanish Win the Treaty:
They get the best
Of the deal
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Sailed around Cape of
Good Hope at
southern tip of Africa.
Found route to Indian
Ocean
Trade can go from
Europe to Asia by sea.
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Landed in India in
1498.
Important trade route
from Europe to India
and East Indies.
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His crew made first
round-the-world
voyage.
(circumnavigate)
Magellan was killed
in the Philippines,
did not make it
home.
Animaniacs Clip
The Portuguese explored the
Gold Coast
•Southern coast of Africa
along the Atlantic = “The
Gold Coast”
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Believed a shorter route
to Asia could be found by
sailing westward instead
of around Africa.
Found the Caribbean
Island.
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Massive exchange of plants, animals and
diseases.
These things moved between the New and Old
Worlds.
Started with Columbus.
To the Americas: cows, horses, wheat,
smallpox, plus much more.
To Europe: potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, corn,
plus much more.