early exploration discovering the world. why explore? early explorers sailed for three things, god,...
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Early Exploration
Discovering the World
Why Explore?
• Early explorers sailed for three things, GOD, GLORY and GOLD!!
• European countries want to establish trade routes with the “Far East” (China, India, SE Asia)– Exotic Spices, Cloth, and other rare goods =$$$$$$$$
• Advances in technology make exploration possible. (Shipbuilding, Navigation, Cartography)– Cartography= Map Making
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)
• Italian Explorer
• Columbus was convinced he could find a Western Sea route to Asia.
• Columbus’s voyage was sponsored by the King and Queen of Spain.
• Columbus set sail from Spain in August, 1492
• He sailed with three ships. The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
• Columbus expected to sail West across the Atlantic Ocean and arrive in Asia in under two months.– He had SEVERELY underestimated the size of
the Earth!
• After more than 8 weeks at sea, Columbus’s crew was near mutiny.– Mutiny = a revolt against a superior
officer.
• Columbus and his crew spotted land on October 12, 1492.
• Columbus thought he had landed in the “East Indies” (near the Philippines)
• In reality he landed near the island of Hispaniola (in the Caribbean Sea), nearly 10,000 miles off course.
• Columbus saw the native peoples of the islands and called them “Indians”.
• Columbus noted how primitive the natives were, and how easily they could be conquered. – Primitive= Uncivilized or Savage
• Columbus would make a total of 4 voyages to the Caribbean. – Maps made by Columbus helped pave
the way for more exploration.
• Columbus died in Spain in 1506
Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)
Italian Explorer
First European to map the coast of South America
The “Americas” are named after Vespucci
Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)
Portuguese Explorer
Most famous voyage from 1519-1522
First crew to Circumnavigate the globeCircumnavigate= to travel around the world
Magellan died in the Philippine Islands in 1521.