Transcript Glory, God and Gold

Age of Exploration
Voyages and
Adventures
America 1500
Race for Riches
Portugal took the
lead in the
exploration race.
Portugal wanted
cheap resources from
India.
Goal of the
explorers: God,
Glory, and Gold
Henry the Navigator
Portugal's first
Explorer.
Goal: To sail along the
coast of Africa
Beyond Africa
The Portuguese decided to
sail around Africa
- Wanted to stop Arab
middlemen who just
conquered
Constantinople from
keeping prices too high on
pepper, spices, and silk.
Bartholomeu Dias
• Dias was the first to
sail around the Cape of
Good Hope in Africa.
Vasco da Gama
• Became first sailor to
reach India
• Da Gama returned to
Portugal with loads of
spice and made a HUGE
profit.
• Portuguese returned in
1509 and defeated the
Muslim warships (trying
to defend their trade)
Spanish explorers
 Christopher Columbus- Believed he could reach
Asia by sailing west.
 Persuaded Queen Isabella to fund his exploration
 Landed in October 1492 in Cuba (New Land!).
 Ships: Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria
 Calls the Land the West Indies
Treaty of Tordesillas
Treaty that divided
exploration territory
between Spain and
Portugal
Spain: Controlled the
Route to the
Americas
Portugal: Controlled
the route to India
Amerigo Vespucci
Italian Merchant,
Explorer, and
Cartographer (map
maker) who realized
that the new islands
were actually a
continent
Americas named
after him
Magellan’s Voyage
• Sailor for Spain who determined he could reach India by sailing
west, and circumnavigate the globe
• Magellan was killed in the Philippines and his men will make it
home to Spain
• Only 18 of the 250 men made it home.
• Took nearly 3 years