2. 1. This was a point in time
when explorers sailed
uncharted waters.
2. It started in the 1400’s and
continued into the 1700’s
3. Reasons for
European
Exploration
1. The Europeans
needed to find a
quicker and more
direct route to
Asia then on land,
for three reasons:
A. Gold
B. Glory
C. God
4. 2. They used a Caravel – a special
ship that allowed explorers to go in
shallow waters, but able to carry a
lot of cargo
5.
6. Portuguese
Explorers
1. Prince Henry
the Navigator-
found a
navigation school.
2. The school
helped instruct
mapmakers, ship
builders, scientists
and sea captains
7. 3. By the time
Henry died in
1460, the
Portuguese had
established a
series of trading
posts along
Africa‘s western
coast
8.
9. Portuguese Explorers
4. Bartolomeu
Dias- sailed along
the southern tip of
Africa (Cape of
Good Hope)
5. Vasco da
Gama- explored
the eastern
African coast
and India
14. 3. Christopher Columbus - Italian
explorer who tried to find a way to
Asia through the Atlantic Ocean
4. First stop was an island in the
Caribbean
15. 5. Thought he was off the coast of India
6.Died thinking he found a new trade route
to Asia
7. The Portuguese thought that he DID go to
India and was worried that Spain was
claiming lands that Portugal already
claimed
17. Treaty of
Tordesillas
1. Pope Alex VI
became
peacemaker
between Spain
and Portugal
2. Drew a N/S
imaginary line
through the
Atlantic Ocean
= Line of
Demarcation
18. 3. East of the Line = Portugal
4. West of the Line= Spain
19.
20.
21. Hernando
Cortés
1. Went to the
Aztec capital of
Tenochtitlan in
Mexico
2. Slaughtered
50k Aztec
people over
gold
3. Conquistadors -
soldiers, explorers,
and fortune hunters
22.
23. Francisco
Pizarro
1.Invaded the Inca
empire in present-
day Peru
2. Captured and
ransomed the Incan
leader Atahualpa
3. Executed him
after he received
the silver and gold
for his release
24.
25. Treatment
of the
Natives
1. Encomienda -
system in which
the Natives
farmed, mined, or
ranched for the
Spanish
landowners
2. Eventually led
to African slavery
