AGE OF DISCOVERY

1394-1600Europeans had developed a taste for Eastern goods.

Trade centers like Genoa, Pisa and Venice flourished

Overland route was slow and difficult.

PORTUGAL

Prince Henry the NavigatorSlave trade startedSugar Plantations in Canary Islands.

Vasco da Gama the first to India via ocean.

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Sails for Spain in 1492Three ships

Two are caravelsFerdinand and IsabellaConvinced Earth is a sphereGrossly underestimates distance to Asia

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

San SalvadorReturned with 7 nativesAdmiral of the Ocean Sea

TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494

Between Spain and Portugal

Line drawn on the map by the Pope.

Unsure of Geography

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

First to circumnavigate the globe.

CC was wrong New World is not Asia.

New World becomes its own destination

COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE

Transatlantic trade of goods, people and ideas that continues to this day.

Who does the Columbian Exchange favor?

SPANISH CONQUEST

1519 Cortes into MexicoPizzarro into Peru

GodGoldGlory

PEOPLE

All colonies in the western hemisphere are shaped by race and ethnicity.

All men are not equal.

PEOPLE

Peninsulares: 1-2%

Creoles:1-2 %

Mestizos: 4-5%

PEOPLE

Indian population falls by 90% by 1570.

African slaves would be necessary.

1565 St. Augustine first permanent settlement in US.