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Early European Explorers

Early European Explorers. For Gold, God, Glory!. New spices in Europe brought the demand for spices up Europeans try to find new trade routes because they want new sources of wealth. For God and Country! Bartolomeu Dias said:

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Early European Explorers

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  1. Early European Explorers

  2. For Gold, God, Glory! • New spices in Europe brought the demand for spices up • Europeans try to find new trade routes because they want new sources of wealth

  3. For God and Country! Bartolomeu Dias said: “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.”

  4. For Glory Being “the first!” • First to find a spice! • Find an area! • Create a trading port! • Control a country!

  5. They had new technology: New ships which made traveling easier. • 65 Feet Long • Able to explore close to shore • Larger sails for easier movement and power

  6. Maritime technologies • Hartman Astrolabe (1532) Mariner’s compass Maps (portulan) Sextant

  7. Christopher Columbus • Sailed for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain • Discovered land in 1492 • Sailed on 3 ships; Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria • First Europeans to meet people of the Caribbean • Made 4 trips to trade with the West Indies

  8. The Columbian Exchange • The movement of plants, animals, and people between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. • Columbus brought ships filled with European settlers, horses, cows, pigs, wheat, barley, and sugar cane plant to the Western Hemisphere. • Columbus returned to Spain with corn, peanut, potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, and peppers, beans, and squashes.

  9. Ferdinand Magellan • A Portuguese soldier and sailor who sailed for Spain. • He sailed west around South America, crossed the Pacific Ocean and ended back in Spain. • He named the Pacific Ocean. He said that it looked so “peaceful”. Pacific means peaceful. • His crew made the long trip, but he died before he made it back.

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