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What
were determining factors that led
to the Age of Explorations?
We
are going to take a look at what made
the European Explorations possible.
Who
led in the explorations?
What
inventions were needed for the
explorations to be succesful?
The
3 G’s
Gold
God
Glory
Desire
for new sources of wealth was the
main reason for European exploration.
Muslims
and Italians controlled the trade
(had to bypass them from east to west)
Monarchs
of England, Spain, Portugal,
and France – sought to bypass the Italian
merchants.
#Sea route
After
the crusades 1096 to 1270,
European nations wanted to spread
Christianity throughout the world.
“to
serve God and His Majesty, to give
light to those who were in darkness and
to grow rich as all men desire to do”
- Bartolomeu Dias
1200s
– impossible for a sea captain to
travel 3,000 miles and return.
1400s-
new vessel created called the
caravel could sail against the wind.
Sailors also began to use the astrolabe.
- Brass circle with carefully adjusted
rings marked off in degrees.
A captain was able to tell how far north
and south the equator was.
Portugal
How
G’s?
could one achieve one of the three
Leader
in developing and applying
sailing innovations.
First
to establish trading post along the
West coast of Africa.
Son
of Portugal’s king.
1415 – helped conquer the Muslim city of
Ceuta in North Africa.
Found pepper, cinnamon, cloves, and
other spices, gold, silver, and jewels.
1419
– founded a navigation school on
the southwestern coast of Portugal.
- mapmakers, instrument makers,
shipbuilders, scientist, and sea captains
perfected their trade.
1460
– Henry died but with his help
Portugal began creeping down Africa
and making more trading post.
Believed
they had to sail around the
Southern tip of Africa.
1487-
Captain Bartolomeu Dias reached the
Southern tip of Africa.
1498- Vasco
da Gama reached the port of
Calicut, on the Southwestern coast of India.
da Gama was given a hero’s welcome. His
27,000 mile journey found a sea route to
India.
#Gold,God,Glory
Desired
a direct route to Asia.
1492 – An Italian sea captain, Christopher
Columbus convinced Spain to finance his
journey.
October 1492 – reached an island in the
Caribbean.
His
journey increased tensions between
Spain and Portugal
1493
– Pope Alexander VI stepped in to
try to keep peace and suggested an
imaginary line north to south that
separated the two empires.
1494 – Treaty of Tordesillas, both groups
signed the treaty and agreed to abide by
it.
European
nations scrambled to establish
profitable trading outposts along the
shores of South and Southeast Asia.
Portugal
built trading post along the
Indian Ocean.
1509
– extended control by defeating a
Muslim fleet
1510
– Captured the Port Goa on India’s
west coast
1511-
Captured the city of Malacca
They
were able to bring back goods at a
fifth of the price they would have paid
through the Arabs and Italians.
By
the 1600’s the rest of Europe had
begun to descend upon Asia.
Dutch
and the English began to
challenge power over the Indian ocean
trade.
The
Dutch East India Company was
richer and more powerful than England’s
companies and were able to drive them
out.
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