The document discusses the Age of Exploration, beginning with Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492 which landed in the Caribbean believing he had reached India. It then discusses other European explorers like Amerigo Vespucci and Ferdinand Magellan who mapped and explored new territories. The Spanish conquistadors encountered the Aztec and Inca empires in the Americas and brought back gold, silver, and diseases that killed many native peoples. The English and French began exploring northern routes when the southern routes were claimed. John Cabot explored the northeast coast of North America for England. Francis Drake began raiding Spanish ships, leading to conflict like the Spanish Armada. The explorations expanded European knowledge and influence around the world.

1. THE GREAT AGE OF
EXPLORATION

2. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
• Plan to sail west to
get to the Far East
• Lands on Caribbean
island in 1492
• Dies believing he
landed in India

3. • 1501 – Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian
sailing for Portugal, explored the coast
of Brazil. He drew maps and wrote
about what he saw.
• 1507 – a mapmaker read Vespucci’s
observations and named the “new”
continent America in his honor.
• 1519 - Ferdinand Magellan left Spain
and was the first explorer to sail
around the tip of South America and
circumnavigate, or go all the way
around, the globe.

5. A “NEW WORLD”
• Spanish explorers called the
Americas the New World.
• When Spanish explorers arrived, the
Aztec and Inca empires were at
the height of their powers.
• Spanish explorers in the New World
found gold and silver as they
conquered the empires there.
• They also passed along diseases to
the native peoples that killed
possibly more than three-quarters
of them.

6. THE ENGLISH AND FRENCH IN
AMERICA
• Since the Spanish and
Portuguese already held
the southern routes
through the Americas,
the English and French
explored northern routes.
• Although a northern
route to Asia was not
established, these
explorers claimed
northern lands for
England and for France.

7. ENGLISH EXPLORATION
• 1497 & 1498 – Supported by King Henry VII, Italian
explorer John Cabot sailed along the northeast
coast of North America and claimed the land for
England.
• Elizabeth I – provided money for Francis Drake, John
Hawkins, and Walter Raleigh.

8. THE SPANISH ARMADA
• The Spanish controlled the gold
and silver from the former Aztec
and Inca empires.
• An English sailor named Francis
Drake began stealing gold and
silver from the Spanish ships.
• The Spanish were angry with the
English for these raids and sent
130 ships, known as the Spanish
Armada, to attack England.
• The English ships were faster and
had better weapons. They were
able to defeat the Spanish.

9. A NEW EUROPEAN WORLDVIEW
• The explorations brought new knowledge
and geography and proved that some old
beliefs were wrong.
• Geographers made more-accurate maps
that reflected new knowledge.
• New trade routes gave more opportunities
for wealth and resources.
• Europeans spread their influence around the
world by establishing colonies and setting up
new trade routes.

10. A NEW EUROPEAN WORLDVIEW
• The explorations brought new knowledge
and geography and proved that some old
beliefs were wrong.
• Geographers made more-accurate maps
that reflected new knowledge.
• New trade routes gave more opportunities
for wealth and resources.
• Europeans spread their influence around the
world by establishing colonies and setting up
new trade routes.