European Exploration

1. European Exploration 10/4/13

2. What did Europe want? European countries explored the world for 3 reasons… • spread Christianity • gain territory • get rich

3. Portugal’s Empire

4. Portuguese Exploration begins • Portugal was a good base for sailors because… • It has a lot of shoreline • It had many harbors/ports • Many rivers to travel on that flowed westward to the Atlantic Ocean.

5. Portuguese Exploration begins • Portugal, due to their many trading partners, was a center of knowledge and technological development. • Rather than fight across Spain to trade with other European countries, Portugal traded by sea.

6. Prince Henry the Navigator • Prince Henry coordinated the mathematical and navigational learning of Portugal • Encouraged Portugal to expand the size of their empire • In 1412, he ordered the first Portuguese expeditions to the Africa

7. Institute of Sagres • The Institute of Sagres was an important research center in Portugal where several breakthrough discoveries in mathematics and naval technology occurred.

8. Institute of Sagres

9. Technology Advances! • the compass • the astrolabe • the cross-staff • the caravel

10. Results of Portuguese Exploration • The Portuguese • discovered an eastern route to India (around the Cape of Good Hope). • discovered Brazil. • established trade routes throughout most of southern Asia. • colonized selected areas of Africa.

11. Spanish Empire

12. Christopher Columbus (1451 – 1506) was an Italian navigator, colonizer and explorer. He sailed for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. What was Columbus' motivation for Exploration? Christopher Columbus

13. His voyages began a period where European countries began expanding their empires. Note: He was NOT the first Europeans to reach the Americas. He’s important because, after his trip, more Europeans began traveling to the New World. Christopher Columbus

14. Columbus initiated contact between Europeans and native Americans. He called them “Indians” since he thought he was in India. Christopher Columbus

15. Columbus thought the Earth was half its actual size.

16. Worldwide Spanish Empire

17. After Columbus’ expeditions, Spanish Conquistadors (explorers and soldiers from Portugal & France) increased Spanish land by conquering American empires like the Aztecs and the Incas. Francisco Pizarro conquered the Incan Empire in the Andes of South America Conquistadors

18. The Three G’s • The Spanish looked to expand their empire for 3 reasons: • God—The Spanish brought Catholicism to America, forcing natives to convert. • Glory—Individuals like Cortez and Pizarro became wealthy national heroes. • Gold—Spain became the most powerful nation in the world due to the gold of the Americas.

19. British Empire AKA English Empire

20. The British Empire began in 1496 when King Henry VII authorized John Cabot to lead a voyage to discover a route to Asia. Cabot sailed in 1497, and successfully made landfall on the coast of Canada, but did not try to establish a colony at that time. Beginnings…

21. Rivalry between Spain and England led England to send English privateers (fancy word for pirates) to attack Spanish ships and ports, and steal Spanish treasure from the Americas. Sir Francis Drake made his name stealing Spanish gold. The Americas

22. In 1607, Jamestown became England’s first colony. It eventually became the Colony of Virginia, the first of the 13 colonies. Soon, the Caribbean became England's most important colonies due to sugar plantations. British America - 1750

23. The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire… • Eventually, after colonizing parts of Africa and Asia, the British Empire became the largest empire in history.

24. The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire… • At the peak of its power, it was often said that “The sun never sets on the British Empire" because it was so big that the sun was always shining on at least one of its many colonies.

25. By 1921, the British Empire controlled about 458 million people (a quarter of the world's population at that time). It covered about 14.2 million square miles, about a quarter of Earth's total land area. One-fourth of the World

26. Britain’s Cecil Rhodes. What’s it Mean?

27. The End of the Empire • By WWII, the British Empire became too large, and they could no longer control it. • British territories today

28. French Empire

29. French Empire • France had two different empires. The first (1608-1803), was in the Americas. The second (1830-1960), was in Africa and Asia.

30. In 1603, Samuel de Champlain left France and traveled into the St. Lawrence River. In 1608, Champlain founded Quebec City in present-day Canada with the intention of making the area part of the French colonial empire. New France Samuel de Champlain

31. Quebec • Champlain's Habitation de Quebec, built as a permanent fur trading outpost, was where he intended to forge a trading and military alliance with the native people of Canada.

32. Fur Trading • Quebec’s people traded their furs for many French goods such as metal objects, guns, alcohol, and clothing.

33. France lost Canada in the Seven Years War to Britain in 1763. France sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in 1803. End of American Holdings

34. Dutch Empire

35. Background • In the late 1500s, the Dutch enjoyed one of the highest standards of living. • They grew rich through trade. • By this time, they had thrown off Spanish control and began a period of rapid expansion.

36. Why explore? • The Netherlands is small, with little room for farming or manufacturing. • The Dutch had 4 goals for their exploration…

37. Dutch aims for exploration • more land • more power • more wealth • break the Portuguese trade monopoly in Southeast Asia

38. Dutch Explorers • Henry Hudson • explored upstate New York and Canada for the VOC • Peter Minuit • established the city of New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) Official flag and seal of NYC

39. Where the Dutch went • Caribbean & South America • Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands, Tobago, Chile, & Brazil • North America • New Netherland • Fort Orange (present-day Albany, NY) • New Amsterdam (present-day New York City)

40. Where the Dutch went • Africa • South Africa (lost to the British) • Asia • parts of India • Spice Islands • Indonesia

41. Benefits for the Dutch • removed power from rival states (especially Portugal) • huge economic boost (especially from the spice trade) • land for agriculture

42. Empires after Exploration