Explorers

1. Explorers By Malina Sproul November 20, 2012 Room 227

2. Age of Discovery The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was between the 15th century and the 17th century. The Age of Discovery is when the Europeans explored the new world, Africa, Asia and more. Many Spanish and Portuguese also took part in the Age of Discovery. For example, Prince Henry was a navigator in the early 1400s. Prince Henry, the king’s son of Portugal, gathered the best and most experienced crew in Portugal and set sail to find a new route to Asia.

3. Life of An Explorer Many explorers are brave but there are some qualities we didn’t know about them. Many explorers have this in common as well in the past and present, the thirst for adventure. Many are so driven for the thirst for adventure, they’ll do whatever they can to go on an exciting and bewildering adventure or quest. Another quality they all shared was determination. For example, Christopher Columbus had a lot of determination to go on a adventure. He begged the king and queen for years and finally the accepted.

4. Christopher Columbus, He discovered the new world. He discovered the new world, In the summer of 1492. In the summer of 1492, He landed near the Caribbean. He landed near the Caribbean, Where Native Americans lived. Where Native Americans, They spotted Columbus. They spotted Columbus, The Indians drew closer. The Indians drew closer, Christopher gave them a necklace. Christopher gave them a necklace, It had a cross symbol in it. It had a cross symbol on it, The Indians became Christians. Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus

5. Ferdinard Magellan Another famous explorer was Ferdinand Magellan. He was a Portuguese mariner and was fascinated with the world. He was the first person to go on an expedition to sail from the Atlantic ocean into the Pacific ocean. He also was the first to cross the Pacific ocean but unable to complete the entire voyage. He was killed during the Battle of Mactan in the Philippines.

6. Hernando Cortes Hernando Cortes was a conquistador. He is famous because he conquered the Aztec. Even though the Aztec had many more people, Cortes had some advantages. He had armor, guns, and some Aztec Indians that would help him probably because they were tired of the ways of their leader. Once their leader was dead, Cortes destroyed the Aztec Empire.

7. James Cook James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and Captain in the navy. Fortunately Cook became part of the merchant navy. Unfortunately he had to pass examines. Fortunately he passed his master examinations and was allowed to navigate the ship. Unfortunately a war broke out between the British and the French that lasted for eight years. Fortunately he returned from the war and later married Elizabeth Batts and had six children. Unfortunately he was forced to leave Elizabeth and go out to sea. Fortunately he discovered a lot on his three voyages but when exploring one of the islands of Hawaii was struck in the head by a Indian.

8. Navigational Tools The Cross staff The cross staff was invented by Rabbi Levi Ben Gershon, a Jewish sholar. Astronomers used the cross staff to measure the angle between stars. The compass The compass was used as a navigation tool the needle would point in the direction you were going. The reason the needle moves in the direction you are going is because the North Pole as a magnetic field that pulls the needle towards the north.

9. Conclusion Many Explorers gained a lot of wealth in the new world. Explorers gained lots of helpful resources like new kinds of fruit from the new world. Also in the new world there was gold and many explorers became rich. The explorers had brought guns to the new world that the natives didn’t have. With this powerful item the explorers were able to enslave the Native Americans. They also learned a lot from the natives. But the explorers brought a disease to the new world which many natives died from, small pox. Many natives were very unfortunate because many Europeans and the Spanish took over a lot of what they had but gained new things too. When the explorers can to the new world they brought horses with them. Some of the horses escaped and then the Natives gained a new animal, horses. When the explorers took over and the Natives were enslaved, they were forced to work in missions and ranchos. Many lost power and lives due to the destruction when the explorers came. When the Natives lived in the missions, they were taught to believe in Christianity. Many of the natives lives were changed.