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The Age of Exploration Exploring the Americas 1400-1625

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The Age of Exploration Exploring the Americas

1400-1625

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Marco Polo

• Wrote a book called….• Polo’s Travels..• Told the story of exotic lands and people, cities

and riches

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New land?????Thanks Marco….

• New Items start to show up in the market place…

• Merchants could make a fortune selling these new goods….

• Cinnamon, pepper, cloves, and silk

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New Ideas…it is called a what...?

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Renaissance

• Period of artistic creativity

• Period of Intellectual Creativity

Encouraged Europeans to set new goals and paved way for ……

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Exploration

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Powerful Nations 1400s

• Spain • Portugal• England• France

• Established national Laws

• Courts• Taxes• Armies

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I am King/Queen ...And I want

• Money

• =

• Power

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How do I get this POWER

• Increase Trade

• Make country Stronger

• Wealthier

• Money

• Equals

• Power

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Tecnology’s Impact

• Better maps

• Astrolabe

• Better ships

• Caravel

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A GPS in the 1400s

• This item measured the stars to help the explorers.

• This item could be considered a front runner to today’s GPS System.

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You mean I don’t have to rewrite It

In the 1450s …the

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Advancement led to Increased Exploration

And created

Diversity