Transcript Aim: How did voyages of exploration result in European overseas

Age of Exploration
Aim/Goals: Would you have been an
explorer in the 16th (1500-1599) century?
Do Now: Would you be an astronaut
(someone who goes into space)? Explain
in a few sentences.
Homework: You have just won a free trip to
travel with any of the early explorers or
with an astronaut of today. Explain in two
paragraphs, which trip would you go on.
Include why you refused the other trip.
WOULD YOU BE AN ASTRONAUT?
GOD, GOLD AND GLORY
GOD
Europeans wanted to spread Christianity,
as a good thing.
After the Reformation, competition was on
the rise.
Jesuits (Roman Catholics) were on the
move trying to get more people to and
back to the Roman Catholic Church.
GOLD
Gold was a hot item that explorers were
looking for, but remember it is wealth, not
just gold that explorers were after.
GLORY
 The idea of “glory” came out of the Renaissance
ideal of humanism, and the focus on individual
achievement.
 With the idea of the printing press, the idea of
gaining fame for one’s actions was more
possible.
 Also, individual kings wanted glory for their
kingdoms, competition spreads.
Activity #1:
Turn to page 68 of the NYSTROM Atlas.
Use Map “B”, “Western European
Exploration by Sea,” to complete the
following chart by adding the name of the
explorer, the years of the voyage, the
sponsoring country, and the explorers
contribution to the empty box. Please use
the first box as an example.
EXPLORER
YEAR (S) OF THE VOYAGE
SPONSORING COUNTRY
CONTRIBUTION
Da Gama
1497-1498
PORTUGAL
FIRST EUROPEAN ROUTE
TO INDIES BY SEA
1577-1580
COLUMBUS
CREW WAS FIRST TO SAIL
AROUND THE WORLD
Activity #2:
You are in groups of three for a reason.
Ach one of you will be assigned Document
#2, 3, and 4.
You are to read the quote and then in the
chart provided, you are to fill in a risk and
a benefit of being an explorer in the 16th
century. Remember the benefits are either
God, Gold or Glory---you need to apply the
correct one to your document.
Vasco da Gama
Document #2
 The following accounts come from a member of Vasco da Gama’s
sailing crew at the end of a 10 month voyage to India.
“All our people suffer from their gums which grew over their
teeth so that they could not eat. Their legs swelled and other parts of
their bodies also; and these swellings spread until they suffered and
died. At the end of our long voyage, however, da Gama acquired (to
get) a cargo (shipment) of spices that later sold for profit of three
thousand percent. The demand for spice from the Middle East and
Asia was so great that a man could become fantastically wealthy by
sailing the seas.”
a. In the chart provided explain one risk (problem; danger) the
explorers took.
b. In the chart provided explain one reward that the explorers
could receive.
RISKS OF
EXPLORING IN THE
1500S
BENEFITS OF EXPLORING IN THE 1500S
MAGELLAN
Document #3
 The following account comes from a sailor aboard the voyage of
Magellan, who circumnavigated (to go around) the world.
“We remained the final three months and twenty days without
taking any provisions (food) or other refreshments and ate only old
biscuits that had been reduced to powder, full of cruds and stinking
from the mess that the rats had made on it. We drank water that was
yellow and stinking. On our return trip from Spain, however, the
royal family, as well as the people, hailed us the bravest and the
most daring sailors the world has ever known.”
a. In the chart provided explain what problems Magellan’s
expedition (trip) faced.
b. In the chart provided explain one positive (good) result of
Magellan’s voyage.
RISKS OF
EXPLORING IN THE
1500S
BENEFITS OF EXPLORING IN THE 1500S
WHO AM I? HINT: YOU HAVE A DAY OFF IN
OCTOBER BECAUSE OF ME.
Document #4
 The following account is from a sailor aboard Columbus’ first voyage in
search of the new world.
“By the third month of the voyage, the men complained to Columbus
about his failure to reach the promised destination. As discontent (to be
unhappy) and anger began to boil over, Columbus offered a little money,
then a large amount of money to the first man who spotted land from the
ship. When there was no land to be seen, Columbus often hid in his cabin.
Just when a mutiny (rebellion) seemed to be inevitable (to be expected),
land was spotted. The men let out a great cheer, partly because the long
voyage was over and partly because we knew we were doing God a service
by bringing His words to these strange lands.”
a. In the chart provided place the word “MUTINY” under risks. Explain
in the box why Columbus’ crew would want to commit mutiny.
b. In the chart provided, what seems to motivate Columbus and his
crew?
RISKS OF
EXPLORING IN THE
1500S
BENEFITS OF EXPLORING IN THE 1500S
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Vasco da Gama
Francis Drake
WHO AM I? HINT: YOU HAVE A DAY OFF IN
OCTOBER BECAUSE OF ME.
MAGELLAN