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1. PPT
Presented by -
Boban Kiso

2. 1) What Was The Age of Exploration?
2) Events Leading Up To The Age Of
Exploration
3) The First Discoveries Of The Age Of
Exploration
4) Exploring The Pacific Ocean And Beyond
5) Legacy Of The Age Of Exploration..
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4.  The Age of Exploration, also known as the Age
of Discovery, is the period in European history
when overseas exploration began to grow in
popularity.
 This era began in the late 1400’s and lasted
through the 1700’s. It is responsible for
influencing European culture, initiating
globalization, and introducing colonialism
around the world.
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5.  For many Europeans, the Age of Exploration
signifies a time when new lands were
discovered. However, for many others, the Age
of Exploration is remembered as a time their
lands were invaded and settled by newcomers.
 Overseas travel, exploration, and discovery
paved the way for trade between Europe, Asia,
and Africa (the Old World) and Australia and
the Americas (the New World).
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6.  This trade brought about the exchange of new
foods, animals, and plants.
 Additionally, it saw the introduction of new
human populations, including an increase in the
trade and sale of slaves and the use of slavery.
 The Age of Exploration facilitated the exchange of
ideas and religions between the hemispheres, but
also resulted in the spread of communicable
diseases, which severely reduced and, in some
cases, wiped out some populations.
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7.  Because of this historical period, world maps
are now available.
 Although, this arguably led to increased
military conquest and resource exploitation.
 Christian missionaries were also able to
spread around the world during the Age of
Exploration, helping Christianity become one
of the most widely practiced religions in the
world.
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9.  Before the Age of Exploration really took off, several
seafaring expeditions occurred, leaving behind some
information that prompted the Age of Exploration.
 In the 12th century, Muhammad al-Idrisi, an Arab
geographer, created a world map for the King of Sicily.
 Al-Idrisi collected information from Norman explorers
and Islamic merchants, creating the most complex and
thorough world map of its time.
 However, little was known about the southern reaches
of the African continent, so it was excluded.
 This map, the Tabula Rogeriana, provided inspiration
to a number of curious explorers.
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10.  From the late 13th to early 15th century (the
Middle Ages), some explorers traveled by land
from to Eurasia and beyond, using pre-existing
trade routes from Eurasia to the Middle East to
China.
 These trips were carried out by Italian traders,
Christian missionaries, and Russian royalty.
 In the mid-14th century, a Moroccan scholar set
out to several regions, including: North Africa,
West Africa, the Sahara desert, the Horn of Africa,
Southern and Eastern Europe, and China.
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11.  During the early 15th century, Arab and
Chinese traders traveled along the Indian
Ocean and to present-day India, Thailand,
East Africa, Arabia, and Southeast Asia.
 When the Yongle Emperor of China died,
however, the new Emperor advocated
isolationism and abolished international
exploration and trade.
 Several books were published about travel
accounts, feeding the greater of the world and
its undiscovered places.
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13.  The Portuguese are often credited with making the
first discoveries of the Age of Exploration.
 These exploration parties traveled down the west
coast of Africa and eventually to the Cape of Good
Hope and into the Indian Ocean by 1488.
 A decade later, Vasco de Gama discovered the
way around the Cape of Good Hope and to India,
which established the first sea route between
Portugal and India.
 Portuguese exploration continued to Japan in
1542 and to Brazil in 1500.
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14.  Late in the 15th century, Spain became involved in
sea exploration as well in order to overcome the
monopoly that Portugal held over the west
African trade route.
 In 1492, Christopher Columbus left Spain,
manning 3 ships, and crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
 His exploration crew first landed in the already
inhabited Canary Islands before proceeding to the
Bahamas.
 He erroneously believed that he had landed in the
West Indies.
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15.  By the beginning of the 1500’s, the governments
of other countries commissioned explorers to
search for a shorter route to the “West Indies”.
 This resulted in the North Atlantic route to
present-day Newfoundland in North America.
 Doubts began to raise that this new Atlantic
path was actually leading to Asia.
 Explorers began to learn significantly more
about these new lands and by 1513, the Pacific
Ocean was reached by crossing the Isthmus of
Panama.
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17.  Discovering that the Pacific Ocean is located
on the other side of the New World led to a
renewed desire to explore.
 Between 1515 and 1516, Spanish crews sailed
the west coast of South America, while the
Portuguese were exploring off the coast of
Southeast Asia.
 This exploration resulted in the first
circumnavigation of the world in 1519.
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18.  Magellan took off from Seville with a fleet of 5
ships, sailing south toward South America and
navigating around the southern tip known as
Tierra del Fuego.
 The crew continued across the Pacific Ocean,
landed in the Spice Islands in 1521, and
returned to Spain in September of 1522.
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19.  Exploration increasingly left the water and
entered the land, resulting in invasions and
colonization's throughout the Americas.
 Northern European countries and Russia
became involved in world exploration in the
latter part of the 16th century further exploring
North America, Siberia, New Zealand, and
Australia.
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21.  The Age of Exploration has had perhaps one of
the greatest impacts on global relations of any
other historic period or event.
 Because of this widespread discovery and
exploration movement, New World and Old
World products were exchanged.
 This brought horses, cows, and sheep from
Europe to the New World and tobacco, cotton,
potatoes, and corn to the Old World.
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22.  European forces came to dominate large tracts of land
and inhabitants around the world, taking advantage of
their perceived discoveries to colonize, settle, and
exploit the new areas.
 This gave rise to the Age of Imperialism, which was
pushed by increasing demand for slaves, commodities,
and trade.
 Many existing communities and kingdoms were
abolished and taken over by European interests.
 With these political aggressions came language,
cultural, and religious conversions as well as
genocides and removal of indigenous peoples from
their original lands and homes.
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23.  During the Age of Exploration, the slave trade
grew significantly which had a profound impact
on the economy and on society as a whole.
 The introduction of agricultural practices and
crops was so successful that some areas now rely
on introduced foods as major dietary staples (this
includes potatoes in Europe and manioc and corn
in Africa).
 Many of these new staples helped to increase the
population sizes in their new countries.
 Goods and commodities were not the only things
traded during the Age of Exploration.
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24.  Additionally, technology and cultures were
also shared.
 This was a time when countries everywhere
began to understand that the world was much
bigger than previously believed.
 The economies, cultures, and politics of many
countries around the world were drastically
influenced by this period in history.
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