age of exploration 1000-1607
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Age of Exploration 1000-1607
EnglandSpainPortugalItalyFrance
GOALS FOR LEARNING
To describe the importance of new technology in early navigation and exploration.
To identify the major European explorers and the areas they explored.
To describe how England’s and Spain’s power in Europe changed after the Spanish Armada was defeated.
To identify the first European colonies and who started them.
BC & AD
EXPLORERS
NameBirth Flag What he explored
Country Country
BJARNI HERJÓLFSSON
986 AD
1st European in N. America—in a way
-- or was he?
LEIF ERIKSSON
1000 A.D. Stoneland Woodland Vinland
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IDEAS OF EXPLORATION BEGIN
Italian traders Route to the Far East by sea Events Affecting Exploration:
Published account of Marco Polo Henry the Navigator’s School Invention of the Compass Accurate maps helped people accept that the
world was round Early globes
Marco Polo
Explored Far East in 13th Century Europeans dreamed of a safer & shorter route
to the Indies--India, China, Thailand, and Vietnam
Prince Henry the Navigator
Bartholomeu Dias
1488 -- Cape of Good Hope
Cristoforo Colombo
Wanted to find an all water route to the Indies by sailing west
Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to finance his voyage.
On his initial voyage, he had three ships. He called the natives Indios (and the area
the West Indies) because he thought he was in Indonesia
CONQUISTADORES
Conquerors Married Indian women creating new class of
people, mestizos Creates a link between Latin American
Indians and European races
Vasco da Gama
1498, reached India
John Cabot 1497, Newfoundland, northeast North
America.
Amerigo Vespucci South America.
Juan Ponce de Leon Went in search of gold and the fountain of
youth Florida
Vasco Nunez de Balboa Pacific Ocean
Francisco Pizarro Defeated the Incas
Ferdinand Magellan Found the water route around the New World
(around South America) Proved the world was round
Hernando Cortes Defeated Montezuma, the Aztec King Landed in what is now Mexico
Giovanni da Verrazzano Searched for the Northwest Passage Sailed from what is nowNorth Carolina to
Cape Cod
Jacques Cartier Explored Canada via the St. Lawrence River
searching for Northwest Passage
Sir Francis Drake Sailed around South America and traveled up
the Pacific coast as far as what is now the state of Washington
Hernando de Soto
de Soto led the largest expedition of the 16th and 17th century through the southeast and midwest of today's USA
ENGLAND AND FRANCE START COLONIES
King Philip II of Spain sent a fleet of ships to England to defeat them
The English sailors defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588.
Queen Elizabeth granted Sir Humphrey Gilbert a charter to establish a colony in North America.
Gilbert died. However, his half brother received the charter (Sir Walter Raleigh).
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
1578—sails to New World with Sir Humphrey Gilbert
1584—his ships land at Roanoke Island 1585--Named governor, he calls his
colony Virginia 1587—Roanoke Colony established 1588—led English navy against Armada
THE LOST COLONY
John White led the Roanoke Colony. White returned to England in 1587 to
get more supplies. On his return in 1590, White was
unable to find a trace of the colonists. The word “CROATOAN” was found
carved on a tree. Virginia Dare, White’s grand-
daughter, was the first English child born in America.
OTHER COLONIES
Samuel de Champlain Founder of a small colony in 1535, on
the St. Lawrence River This became known as Quebec.
Robert de La Salle Sailed down the Mississippi in 1680
OTHER COLONIES
In England, people were looking for land and religious freedom.
1607—Jamestown, Virginia (Virginia Company)
1620—Massachusetts Colony (Plymouth Company)
CRITICAL THINKING: WRITE YOUR OPINION
1. Do you think the Europeans would have found the New World as quickly if Columbus had not made his voyages?
2. Why or why not?
3. Who do you think was the most important explorer? Why?