THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

THE AGE OF EXPLORATION

1. WHAT MADE VOYAGES POSSIBLE

   • SHIPS
     • CARAVELS
       • LATEEN SAILS
       • LARGE RUDDERS
       • CLINKER BUILT
       • SQUARE SAILS
     • NAOS
   • AIDS TO NAVIGATION
     • COMPASS
     • portolan charts
     • log and line
     • swinging the led
     • asterolabe/quadrant

2. PORTUGUESE

   • SAILED WEST TO INDIA
     • PRINCE HENRY
       • 1460- DEATH
       • SCHOOL OF NAVIGATION (SAGRES)
       • WAS NOT AN EXPLORER
       • SERRIA LEONE (WEST AFRICA)
     • BARTHOLOMEW DIAZ
       • CAPE OF GOOD HOPE (SOUTH AFRICA)
         • CAPE OF STORMS
       • 1487
     • VASCO DA GAMA
       • MILINDI (EAST AFRICA)
       • ARAIB PILOT TO CALIUT (INDIA)
       • RETURNED WITH CLOVES,CINNAMON AND OTHER SPICES
       • ALSO RETURNED WITH RUBIES AND OTHER JEWELS

3. WHAY DID PEOPLE WANT NEW TRADE ROUTES

   • SOME WHAT SAFER AND CHEAPER TREAD
     • SPICES IN EAST AISA
     • JEWELS IN INDIA
   • RELIGION
     • CHRISITIANITY WAS ONLY TRUE RELIGION
     • WANTED TO CONVERT PEOPLE TO CHRISTIANITY
   • RENAISSANCE SPIRIT

4. SPANISH

   • SAILED WEST
   • COLUMBUS
     • BELIEVED WORLD WAS ROUND
     • ITALIAN
     • KING FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA
       • 7 YEARS OF PLEADING
       • 3 SHIPS & CREW OF 90
         • 1 NAO ~ SANTIA MARIA
           • 2 CARAVELS ~ NINA & PINTA
           • RAN AGROUND AND WAS MADE INTO A FORT
       • CANARY ISLANDS 1ST
         • COLLECT FOOD AND WATER
       • 33 DAYS LATER
         • LANDED ON SAN SALVADOR
           • JAMAICA,HISPANIOLA&CUBA
             • REFERED TO THE PEOPLE AS "INDIANS"
               • BROUGHT BACK A LITTLE GOLS,PARROTS AND SOME "INDAINS"
       • MADE HIM GOVERNER OF THE LANDS HE HAD FOUNG
       • ALSO GAVE HIM THE TITAL OF ADMIRAL OF THE OCEAN
     • 1ST EUROPEAN TO REACH AMERICA
     • HE DIED A BITTER AND DISSAPOINTED MAN

5. PROBLEMS AND EFFECTS

   • EFFECTS
     • NATIVE PEOPLE
       • CIVILISATION DESTROYED
       • ROBBERY
       • DEATH
       • THE SLAVE TRADE
     • EUROPEAN/EUROPE
       • ECONOMIC WEALTH
       • NEW GOODS
       • WARS
       • HUMAN MIGRATION
   • PROBLEMS
     • FOOD AND WATER BECAME SCARCE
     • UNEDUCATED SAILORS
     • SCURVY
     • CONDITIONS WERE CRAMPED DEW TO SMALL SHIPS