Exploration European Expansion Worldwide in an Attempt to gain Land, Bullion, Slaves For*** Gain, Glory and God

Economic ImpactExchange of Plants, AnimalsHumans, diseases, culture, foodLanguage, money, goods and Services and more…

God, Glory, Gain, Exploration

Economic:– Gold – Natural resources – Trade

Religious

Competition for empire and belief in superiority of own culture

First Human Explorers

ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF EXPLORATION:

Exchanged goods and ideas

Improved navigational tools and ships

Claimed territories (Map)

Bering Straight (Land Bridge – Can you see it?)

Portuguese Prince Henry “The Navigator”He could not explore so he made the

maps and invented navigation instruments

Portugal led Exploration in the world

Portuguese Caravel Ship

1st Ships made for exploring

Christopher Columbus 1492 discovered Island in Caribbean

“San Salvador” near Cuba not INDIA (they were trying to get a shorter route to India. They thought they were in India so called it West Indies and called the natives “Indians”. Sailed for Spain’s Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand even he was

Portuguese

4 Voyages of Christopher Columbus

Balboa saw Pacific Ocean by crossing Panama

Amerigo Vespucci North America is named after this explorer Explores Americas 1497 BUT NEVER

ENTERED THE U.S.

Ponce de Leon Discovers Florida

English Sailor claims New York

area for the Dutch Henry Hudson

John Cabot Italian Explorer for the English 1497 Greenland and Canada

La Salle explores Great Lakes discovers the mouth of the

Mississippi

WHERE IS THE DELTA?

Spanish Explorer Ferdinand Magellan Discovered Pacific Ocean

“Pacifica-Peaceful”1519-1522 1 ship returned to Spain of the

5 Ships that sailed.

Ferdinand Magellan’s Route

Credited for Circumnavigating the Globe

“Coronado

Butte” in

Grand

Canyon

Coronado Bay

In San Diego

CONQUISTADORFrancisco Coronado

Hernando De SotoDiscovers entireMississippi River

Spanish Fort St. Augustine Florida

Spanish Conquistadors Spanish explorers who were allegiant to

the Crown militarily but out for the Glory and riches.

Hernon Cortes - Aztecs in Mexico City 1519 (3 years to wipe out Montezuma)

Francisco Pizzaro - Peru’s Incan Civilization 1531-1532

Conquistadors destroyed civilizations

Cortes turned on Montezuma and people within 24 hours of entering the “Golden City” (Mexico City, Mexico)

Cortes Enslaved the Aztecs to find gold King of Aztecs - Montezuma was taken

prisoner and eventually killed, but people revolted

Aztec Civilization ended due Spanish bringing small pox, flu, causing starvation, and warfare.

Bartholomeu Dias Portuguese Explorer Explored western coast of Africa & South African tip, finding route to India. The voyage back he discovered the Cape

of Good Hope in May 1488. He named it Cape of Good Hope the "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas). Renamed by King John II of Portugal as the Cape of Good Hope.

Europeans could trade directly with India and Asia, avoiding expensive middle men.

Vasco da Gama Portuguese explorer 1498 Gama 1st to lead expedition around

Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa to India.

Tell me what you know…

1. What were 3 motivating forces for exploration?2. What were 2 obstacles to exploration3. Who were the first nations to explore North America?4. What did the Portuguese invent for exploration?5. Why did the Spanish refer to the natives of the Carribean as

Indians.6. What were the problems associated with exploration and

cultural exchange?7. Have we explored all we can explore on this planet today? 8. Have the reasons for exploration changed in modern times?9. How did the reformation movement lend to exploration. 10. How did exploration help grow the power of Kings and

Queens?

What helped the Reformation and Exploration Expand around the world?

German Inventor Johannes Gutenberg‘s Printing Press. 1st thing it printed in mass – Christian Holy Bible

World Colonization North, South America and Africa Slavery - Triangular Trade Route

13 American Colonies