Transcript Chapter 3

The Age of
Exploration
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Chapter 3
Exploration and
Technology
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Chapter 3
Lesson 1
A Rush of New Ideas
 When:
 1400’s
 What:
 Renaissance
 Merchants wanted:
 Asian goods: spicies and silk
 Problems:
 Incorrect maps
 Lack of technology
 Dangerous journey
The World Awaits
 Person:
 Prince Henry of Portugal
 What He did:
 Opened a school of navigation
 Results made ocean exploration
possible
 Better ships
 Maps
 Navigation tools
The Business of
Exploring
 Sailor:
 Christopher Columbus
 Goal:
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 Sail West to Asia
 What he needed
 Money for ships, crew, and supplies
 Solution
 King & Queen of Spain agreed to help
Two Worlds Meet
 Where He Landed:
 Island in the Caribbean
 Where he believed he landed
 Asia
 Where he actually landed
 Island in Bahamas: San Salvador
 Return to Spain
 Treated like heroes and inspired others
to explore
A Changing World
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Chapter 3 Lesson 2
England Explores
 Explorer:
 John Cabot
 Year: 1497
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 Thought he found Asia
 Actually landed on the coast of
present-day New Foundland and
Labrador
A New Map of the World
 Explorer:
 Amerigo Vespucci
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 Where he sailed:
 South American coast
 Realized he was on lands not yet
known to Europeans
 Not in Asia…proved Columbus wrong
 North and South American were
named after him
Reaching the Pacific
 Explorer:
 Vasco Nunez de Balboa
 Year: 1513
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 What he Did:
 Crossed the Isthmus of Panama and
reached the Pacific Ocean
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A New View of The
World
 Explorer:
 Ferdinand Magellan
 Named the Pacific Ocean
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 Pacific means “peaceful”
 What he Did:
 His sailors were the first to travel around the
world
 What happened to Magellan?
 Died in a battle in the Philippine Islands, so he
didn’t make it all the way around the world
Spanish Explorations
 Chapter 3 Lesson 3
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The Spanish Explore
Florida
 Explorer:
 Juan Ponce De Leon
 Set out to find the Fountain of
Youth (he had no such luck)
 He did land in Florida and
claimed it for Spain
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Early Conquistadors
 Explorer:
 Hernando Cortes
 Conquered the Aztecs and built
Mexico City
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Early Conquistadors
 Explorer:
 Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
 Set out to find the Seven Cities
of Gold (He had no such luck)
 He did explore the
south-west and claimed
the lands for Spain
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Expeditions Continue
 Explorer:
 Francisco Pizarro
 Conquered the Inca empire and
took the lands for Spain
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Expeditions Continue
 Explorer:
 Hernando de Soto
 He explored the south-east and
claimed the lands for
Spain
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Missionaries to America
 In Europe there was
disagreements over religion
with the Catholic Church
 To gain new followers, convert
Native Americans, and to share
in the wealth, the Catholic
Church sent missionaries to the
New World
Other Nations Explore
 Chapter 3 Lesson 4
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The Northwest passage
 What was it?
 A short cut to Asia
 European nations wanted to
gain wealth and power
Giovanni da Verrazano
 Looking for the Northwest
Passage ( didn’t find it)
 What he did:
 Searched coastlines of North
America
 Met many Native
American tribes
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Jacques Cartier
 Looking for the Northwest
Passage ( didn’t find it)
 What he did:
 Claimed land around the St.
Lawrence River for
France
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Henry Hudson
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 Went on 4 voyages looking for the
Northwest Passage ( didn’t find it)
 What he did:
 Sailed through the Arctic Ocean
 Claimed the Hudson River Valley for
Dutch
 Claimed the Hudson Bay for England
 What happened to Hudson?
 His crew mutinied and left him and 8
others adrift on a boat in the Artic…he
was never seen again!