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Christopher Columbus: The Beginning of Transatlantic Exploration

On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus embarked on a historic voyage from Spain, aiming to reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic. His European perspective led to significant miscalculations, as he mistakenly believed he had arrived in the West Indies upon landing in the Bahamas. This encounter initiated a devastating period of colonization and cultural exchange. The quest for gold, glory, and the spread of Christianity motivated European powers to establish settlements, leading to the tragic decline of indigenous populations and the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade.

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Christopher Columbus: The Beginning of Transatlantic Exploration

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  1. Who am I?

  2. Who am I?

  3. Christopher Columbus • August 3, 1492 – Columbus and three ships sail from Spain • Born in Italy and sailed for Spain • Purpose: Sail to Asia (India) by going west across the Atlantic instead of around Africa (Portuguese)

  4. Chris’s View of the World What’s the problem with his view?

  5. Was Columbus the First? • NO!!!! • The Chinese? • The Vikings? • The Phoenicians? • Now back to Columbus...

  6. Why Explore? • Motives (Reasons) for Exploration = GOLD, GLORY, GOD • Gold = more land; new markets (people to buy goods); money $$$$ • Glory = power for exploring nation • God = spread Christianity to new lands

  7. More Columbus • Set off to find a quicker route to the West Indies. • Crew was near mutiny when land was sighted. • Landed near present day Bahamas (thought it was the West Indies • Indigenous people called themselves the Taino (“noble ones”). He called them something else… • Los Indios…..translation Indians….WHY???? • Thus began the move from the Old World (Europe) to the New World (Americas)

  8. Where did they Settle? Spanish – English – French – Africans – • built settlements in the Caribbean, South America and Central America • settled in North America (present day United States) • settled in present-day Canada • were brought to work on large plantations in the Caribbean and Southern English colonies

  9. Comparing Three Worlds

  10. Impact of Discovery • Colonization – The establishment of distant settlements controlled by parent country. • Often times natives were forced into work on plantations • Europeans brought many new diseases with them to the New World…..

  11. Disease is BAD! • Population decrease estimates between 1/3 and 1/2 of native population. • Decrease in population means decrease in workforce. • What will the Europeans do???

  12. Slave Trade Begins • With so many Natives dying of disease, Europeans turned to the slave trade to replenish labor force. • Africans were more resistant to Old World disease and less familiar with New World (less likely to escape). • Europeans began using these slaves in the New World.

  13. The Columbian Exchange • An exchange of living things between the Old World (Europe) and the New World (North America)

  14. French English Spanish

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