Transcript Explorers Powerpoint - Donna Reynolds

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Marco Polo’s visit to China caused
Europeans to demand goods traded
along the Silk Road.
Europeans
wanted silk!
Europeans wanted gems!
Europeans wanted spices.
(mostly
pepper and cloves)
WHY?
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To preserve food over the winter.
Trading goods along the Silk Road became
expensive.
WHY?
…because goods carried along the Silk Road changed hands
often. With each trade, the price would rise.
PRICES ROSE!
So the Europeans sought a sea route to Asia.
Bartholomeu Dias
Vasco da Gama
Is it possible
to reach Asia
by ship?
Prince Henry of
Portugal helped
develop the
caravel.
“A caravel is a small, highly maneuverable, two- or three-masted
ship created by the Portuguese and used also by them and by the
Spanish for long voyages of exploration from the 15th century.”
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and typing effect of text.
In 1488 Bartholomeu Dias sailed to the tip
of Southern Africa, later named the
Cape of Good Hope.
Vasco da Gama of Portugal made it to Asia
by rounding the tip of Africa in 1498.
THE PRICE OF PEPPER IN PORTUGAL….
DROPPED
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I want to reach the
Indies by sailing
west!
Christopher Columbus
The Europeans were searching for a
Northwest Passage - a sea route to Asia.
John Cabot’s ship – the ‘Matthew’
After Columbus’s voyage, many other explorers crossed
the Atlantic and made discoveries in the New World.
Explorers came from:
England, France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands.
ENGLISH EXPLORERS
GIOVANNI CABOTO was known as
JOHN CABOT
“Cabot explored the Canadian
coastline and named many of its
islands and capes. The mission's
purpose was to search for a Northwest
passage across North America to Asia
(a seaway to Asia). Cabot was
unsuccessful, although he thought that
he had reached northeastern Asia.”
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HENRY HUDSON
• He explored parts of the Arctic Ocean
and northeastern North America.
• He found what is now called the
Hudson River, Hudson Straight, and
Hudson Bay.
• Hudson died in 1611 after his crew
mutinied and left Hudson, his son, and
seven crew members adrift in a small,
open boat in Hudson Bay.
Hudson sailed for England and the Netherlands
French Explorers
Samuel de Champlain founded Port Royal in Nova
Scotia and took colonists to Quebec.
JACQUES CARTIER
• Claimed Canada for France
• Searched for a Northwest Passage to Asia
• In 1534, Cartier reached Newfoundland
SPANISH EXPLORERS:
Juan Ponce de Leon
reached Florida looking for a
fountain of youth.
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
led an expedition across
Central America and
discovered the Pacific
Ocean.
Ferdinand Magellan
was the first explorer to circumnavigate the world.
Francisco Pizarro and his forces conquered the Inca
Empire along the western coast of South America.
Hernando Cortes
conquered the Aztec in
Mexico.
By 1713 the New World looked like this:
Where did they claim land?
Area of Land claimed by Explorers in the New World
Netherlands
Portugal
England
France
Spain
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The voyages and explorations of the
European Explorers brought about great changes
to the Eastern andWestern hemispheres.
New World Map
7 Reasons for Exploration:
•Foreign Goods-Spices
•Better Trade Routes
•Curiosity
•Fame
•Wealth
•National Pride-to claim new lands
•Religion
EXPLANATION OF SEVEN REASONS:
Curiosity
people wondered who and what else was out there in
the world
Wealth
many people explored in order to find gold
Fame
some people wanted to go down as a great name in
history
National
pride
many people explored to claim new lands for their
country and become National heroes
Religion
some explorers went on pilgrimages to spread
Christianity
Foreign
Goods
people wanted to bring back spices and jewels that
could not be found in their own country
Better
Trade
Routes
many people explored to find faster and cheaper ways
to foreign countries
I can think
of seven
reasons…..
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…to Sail the Seven Seas!
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