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History:Age of explorations
What were the causes of the Exploration?
New trade routes
Influence of the renaissance
Religion
Marco polo
Wealth and fame for the explorers
New technology
Caravels-new ships
Square sails-sail faster
Lateens sails-sail against the wind
Steered by rudders
Castles raised-structures built on ship to see enemies from afar
New technology in Navigation
Quadrant
Astrolabe
cross staff
Portugese explorers
Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Diaz
Vasco da Gama (sailed to India)
Pedro Cabral(found Brazil)
The Spanish explorations
Spanish Explorers
Christopher Columbus
Born in Italy 1451-1506
He was sponsored by Ferdinand and Isabella king and queen of Spain
Sailed with ships(Nina,pinta and santa maria)
Sailed westwards
wanted to prove the world was round
Instead of reaching Asia he discovered a new continent,the Americas
Known as the new world in 1492
After Columbus,Herman cortes and Francisco pizarro explored the mainland
Cortes=Aztec empire
Pizarro=Incas in Peru
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro
Who was Marco polo?
He wrote a book called the Travels in the 13th century
In this book he described his visit to China
Many people believed the world was flat with 3 Continents,and 3 seas(The Mediterranean sea,Red sea and the Black sea
The treaty of Tordesillas 1494
The Pope got Spain and Portugal to sign a treaty to prevent war
Drew a line dividing the North and South
Land to West=Spanish. Land to east=Portugal
Colonising what was its Impact?
The Slave Trade:Shortage of Native people so slaves from Africa working on estates in Europe
Sugar plantations/cotton/or domestic servants
12.5 million slaves from Africa to N+S America
1.8 million people died on their way to Europe called middle passage
Plantations
Plantations in the West Indies were much larger than those in North America
West Indian plantations hele more slaves
Death rate was high,Birth rate was low