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The Age of Exploration. Good times unless you are A Native. The Age of Exploration. 1400s Ventured out 1. Trade/money 2. Trade routes 3. 3 G’s. Crusades. Reenergized trade. Vikings about 1000 AD. Eric the Red and Leif Ericson Greenland and Newfoundland. Marco Polo. 1275
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The Age of Exploration Good times unless you are A Native
The Age of Exploration • 1400s Ventured out • 1. Trade/money • 2. Trade routes • 3. 3 G’s
Crusades • Reenergized trade
Vikings about 1000 AD • Eric the Red and Leif Ericson • Greenland and Newfoundland
Marco Polo • 1275 • Kublai Khan
Zheng He • Ming Dynasty • 1405 • Muslim • Africa and Middle East • 1433
Trade Routes • Italians and Muslims controlled $
Reasons why the Europeans Dominate • Compass • Sexton • Modern Ships • Modern Weapons
Prince Henry ( 1394-1460) • Portugal • African cities/bases • Gold and God
Bartholomew Dias • 1488 • Cape of Good Hope
Columbus • Genoa • Trade Routes
Spain • United in 1492 • Ferdinand and Isabella • 3 Ships
The last discovery • Oct 12, 1492 • Rodrigo • San Salvador • The Arawak “Indians” • Cuba, Hispaniola • Granted Admiral of the Seas and 10%
3 more voyages- Caribbean and Venezuela • 1502 Charged with maladministration • Died in 1506
Genocide • Began the mass extermination • Columbus Day?
Conflict between Spain and Portugal • 1493 Treaty of Tordesillas
Other explorers • Vasco da Gama • Pedro Alvares Cabral • John Cabot • Jacques Cartier • Amerigo Vespucci