Expanded Influence of Western Civilization 1400
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A Larger World Opens: Expanded
Influence of Western Civilization
Age of Exploration
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Motives in the Age of
Exploration
Attracted to East for silks and spices
Difficult to trade with Islamic empires
• 1453 Byzantine Empire fell to Turks
desire for wealth and adventure
Tired of Ottoman and Venetian
middlemen getting all the profits
religious zeal- save souls, converts
Summary: Gold, Glory and God
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Improvements in Navigation
Better maps, follow coasts at first, used
compass
better ships- triangle AND square sails and
new hull design, heavy enough to carry
canon
use of astrolabe- magnetic compass sail
by stars
knowledge of wind patterns
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Better ships
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De Verga Map 1411
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Account of the Islands of the Mediterranean.
Martellus, Henricus, Germanus; Florence 1489
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Better Technology: Compass
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From the Astrolabe…
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…to the Sextant
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Prince Henry the Navigator
1394-1460
Helped develop caravel
Began exploring coast
of Africa at 21 following
defeat of Barbary
pirates
Sponsored explorers,
cartographers
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Why were the Portuguese first?
Location, location, location!
• At the tip of the Iberian Peninsula, farther
from the Ottoman Empire, and very close
to coast of Africa
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Portuguese Explorers
Bartolomeo Diaz- made it to Cape of
Good Hope 1488
Vasco de Gama- 1498 went in search
of Christians and spices- arrived in India
1510 Portuguese flags in Goa, India
and Macao, China
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The Spanish
believed had to be a short cut by sailing
west
Columbus- (Genoan) went west 1492
arrived in Caribbean thought it was the
Indies thus the west Indies Magellan- around the world
East and West divided- Pope drew a
line Spain and Portugal
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Pattern of Contact
Begin by trading
Armed conflict- Europeans had cannon
set up trading partners- some stay to
protect partners and Europeans
made alliances with local leaders
Dutch and English less apt to become
involved with culture/religion
developed mercantilism- material from
colony- buy finished products from Europe.
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Slave Trade
Portuguese- trade with Africa- To
Portugal as servants than to Brazil to
work on plantations
Africans less susceptible to European
diseases that Native Americans
But death rate was high 13-30% just on
the trip
African middlemen active- depopulate entire areas of
Africa- food from Americas helped increase birthrate
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Spice Trade-East Indies
Very important to Europeans- made
food palatable
Portuguese again led the way
Spain in the Philippines- stayed till 1898
Dutch East India Company very
aggressive- competed with British East
India Company
Both dominated the East Indies and
India
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Impact on World by European
Contact
Purpose was to serve the homeland whether it was
slaves, furs, cotton, fish, spices, tobacco, gold or
silver. Colonies improved the lives of Europeans
greatly.
In the Americas
• More intermarriage by Spanish, Portuguese
and French
• Disease was devastating. Measles,
influenza, smallpox
• Violence common
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The World Dominated by
Europe(cont)
Africa- completely dominated by Europe- only
one independent country Ethiopia
Southeast and Asia- French in Vietnam,
British in Burma, Spanish in Philippines,
Dutch in Indonesia
India- French and British compete- British win
out, not independent until 1948
South America- Spanish dominated: Others
joined ( French, Dutch, British, and
Portuguese) too
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