The document provides an overview of the Age of Exploration between the 15th and 16th centuries in Europe. It describes the rise of powerful nation-states, technological advances in navigation, and the main motivations for European expansion including increasing trade, spreading Christianity, and acquiring wealth and territory. The major European powers that engaged in exploration are examined along with the impacts on economics, politics, society and indigenous populations worldwide.

1. THE AGE OF EXPLORATION 15 TH AND 16 TH CENTURY AN OVERVIEW

6. CARAVEL

8. PRINTING PRESS

9. ASTROLABE

10. NEW WEAPONS

13. IMPROVED COMPASS

14. MAJOR NATION- STATES INVOLVED IN EXPLORATION

19. FERDINAND AND ISABELLA OF SPAIN SUPPORTED EXPLORATION AND EXPANSION

22. LINE OF DEMARCATION

26. VASCO DA GAMA- PORTUGUESE

29. COLUMBUS- ITALIAN LED THREE VOYAGES TO THE NEW WORLD

30. CORTEZ- SPANISH

31. PIZARRO- SPANISH

32. PIZARRO-CONQUEST OF THE INCAN EMPIRE IN PERU

33. INCAN EMPIRE IN PERU THE ANCIENT INCAN CITY OF MACHU PICCHU

35. CORONADO EXPLORED THE SOUTHWEST (GRAND CANYON)

36. LABOR AND INDUSTRY IN THE NEW WORLD

37. ENCOMIENDA TRIBUTE LABOR SYSTEM – NATIVE PEOPLES WERE REQUIRED TO GIVE LABOR TO THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS

39. PLANTATIONS- SUGAR BECAME A MAJOR EXPORT CROP NATIVE PEOPLES AND AFRICAN SLAVES WORKED THE FARMS AND PLANTATIONS

41. THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN EXPANSION – AGE OF EXPLORAITON

49. THE AGE OF EXPLORATION WAS IN MANY WAYS A REFLECTION THE IDEALS AND VALUES OF THE RENAISSANCE