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Age of Discovery

Age of Discovery. Rise of European Empires in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. Known World in 1490. Portugal Leads the Way. Prince Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias – Cape of Good Hope, 1488 Vasco da Gama and India, 1498 Portuguese defeated Muslims for control of the Spice Trade.

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Age of Discovery

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  1. Age of Discovery Rise of European Empires in the Americas, Africa, and Asia

  2. Known World in 1490

  3. Portugal Leads the Way • Prince Henry the Navigator • Bartholomeu Dias – Cape of Good Hope, 1488 • Vasco da Gama and India, 1498 • Portuguese defeated Muslims for control of the Spice Trade

  4. Portugal’s Main Interests • Africa & Asia • Trade rather than colonization • Exception: colonized Brazil

  5. Who is this Man?

  6. Spain’s Quest for Riches • Ferdinand and Isabella (King and Queen of Spain) • backed Columbus in his expeditions • Columbus eventually made 4 voyages to the Caribbean Islands and South America • was certain that he discovered a new route to Asia • 1507 Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci • was the first to suggest that Columbus had not reached Asia, but a “New World”

  7. Voyage of Magellan • 1519 – 5 ships led by Portuguese sailor FerdinandMagellan set sail under the Spanish Flag • wanted to find a western route to Africa • Magellan’s ships passed around the southern tip of South America in to the Pacific Ocean • Strait of Magellan • Magellan’s crew was the first to circumnavigate the globe • proved that the world was round

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