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IN THE MIDDLE AGES EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
EXPANDED BEYOND THEIR BORDERS
AFTER EUROPE WAS
INTRODUCED TO THE
SPICES AND RICHES OF
AFRICA AND ASIA;
SEVERAL COUNTRIES
DESIRED A MORE
DIRECT ROUTE SINCE
THE TRADE ROUTES AND
PRICES WERE
CONTROLLED BY
OTHERS. SPAIN,
PORTUGAL, ENGLAND,
FRANCE, AND THE
NETHERLANDS BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR NEW
ROUTES VIA THE OCEAN.
SEARCHING FOR A SHORTCUT
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PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
 1400s
 Started the Portuguese School of Navigation
 Navigators begin to explore the West African
Coast
 Age of Discovery Begins
NEW TECHNOLOGY:
COMPASS
GLOBE
1543 GLOBE
RUDDER
IMPROVED SHIPBUILDING TECHNIQUES AND DESIGN
(Caravel)
QUADRANT (IMPROVED ABILITY TO DETERMINE
BASED ON ALTITUDE OF STARS)
LATITUDE
MAPS FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES
MARCO POLO’S WRITINGS
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God, Gold,
and Glory
EXPLORE
THE
WORLD
EXPAND
TRADE
MORE
WEALTH
SPREAD
Christianity
REASONS
FOR
EUROPEAN
EXPANSION
MORE
TERRITORY
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PORTUGUESE EXPLORATION
THE PORTUGUESE HAD SAILED
THE ROUTE AROUND AFRICA
AND THEREFORE DOMINATED
THE EASTERN ROUTE TO ASIA.
Dias - Passage
around southern tip
of Africa
Da Gama - Passage
around Africa to India
SPANISH EXPLORATION
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS,
AN ITALIAN NAVIGATOR,
CONVINCED THE KING AND
QUEEN OF SPAIN TO FUND
AN EXPEDITION TO FIND A
WESTERN ROUTE TO THE
RICHES OF ASIA.
AT THE TIME MAPS OF THE
WORLD DID NOT INCLUDE
THE AMERICAS.
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SPAIN LED THE EXPLORATION OF THE AMERICAS
COLUMBUS
VESPUCCI
BALBOA
de LEON
CORTEZ
MAGELLAN
de VACA
PIZARRO
CORONADO
De SOTO
CABRILLO
LANDS IN THE BAHAMAS
EXPLORES CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
PACIFIC OCEAN
DISCOVERS AND NAMES FLORIDA
CONQUERS AZTEC
PHILIPPINES; CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE WORLD
TEXAS
CONQUERS INCA
NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA
SOUTHEAST AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CALIFORNIA COAST
TREATY OF TORDESILLAS
IN 1493, POPE ALEXANDER VI
GAVE SPAIN ALL LANDS
DISCOVERED WEST OF THE
38˚W PARALLEL AND ALL
LANDS DISCOVERED EAST OF
IT TO PORTUGAL. THIS MADE
PORTUGAL ANGRY AND A NEW
LINE OF DEMARCATION WAS
NEGOTIATED AT 46˚W,
WHICH ALLOWED PORTUGAL
TO GAIN LANDS IN SOUTH
AMERICA.
SPAIN CONTROLLED MOST OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL
AMERICA, MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN, AND PARTS OF
NORTH AMERICA. HOWEVER, TERRITORY THAT LARGE
WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND WAS OPEN TO
ATTACK. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAD SEEN THE
RICHES BROUGHT BACK BY SPAIN (Especially in Central
and South America) AND WERE EAGER TO STAKE THEIR
OWN CLAIM!
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FRENCH EXPLORATION
VERRAZZANO
CARTIER
De CHAMPLAIN
NEW YORK
SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER
QUEBEC, CANADA
THE FRENCH
ALTHOUGH THE FRENCH
TRIED TO SETTLE IN
FLORIDA, THEY WERE
STOPPED BY THE SPANISH
INITIALLY THE FRENCH
FISHED IN THE ATLANTIC
FOR COD AND SALMON, BUT
FUR TRADING YIELDED
BIGGER PROFITS
THE FUR-TRADE BROUGHT
FEW SETTLERS AT FIRST, BUT
BY THE MID 1600s, THE
FRENCH CONTROLLED THE
INTERIOR OF NORTH
AMERICA AND THE FURTRADE BECAME THEIR MOST
PRODUCTIVE AND
PROFITABLE RESOURCE
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BRITISH EXPLORATION
CABOT
DRAKE
RALEIGH
HUDSON
CANADA; NEW FOUNDLAND
SAILS AROUND THE WORLD
ROANOKE, VA
HUDSON RIVER