Mr Divett Exploring the Seas Trade was going on before Renaissance Greeks Muslim Arabs Vikings It was disrupted by The Black Death One third of Europes population died Thats more than 25 million people ID: 626105
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The Search for Spices
Mr. DivettSlide2
Exploring the Seas
Trade was going on before RenaissanceGreeksMuslim ArabsVikingsIt was disrupted by…Slide3
The Black Death
One third of Europe’s population diedThat’s more than 25 million peopleSlide4
Spice Trade
Spices were valuableThe growing population of Europe led to the need for tradeMost of the spices came from the Moluccas,
present day Indonesia
Arab and Italian merchants controlled tradeSlide5
Exploration
Europeans wanted to find a more direct route to AsiaPrince Henry sponsored Portuguese explorationPrince Henry wanted to:Convert Africans to Christianity
Find riches
Find a more direct route to AsiaSlide6
Exploration
Henry enlisted cartographers, or map makersBartholomeu Dias sailed around Africa and the Cape of Good Hope in 1488Vasco da Gama
landed on
Calcut
, India in 1497
He lost half his crew but became enormously wealthy through trade.Slide7
Vasco da GamaSlide8
Columbus
Christopher Columbus wanted to get in on the successHe was ItalianHe knew the earth was sphericalHe underestimated the size of the earthPortugal refused to sponsor himSlide9
ColumbusSlide10
Sponsorship
Spain gave Columbus a chanceFerdinand and Isabella sponsored him because they wanted to:Increase their authorityStrengthen CatholicismBring wealth and prestigeSlide11
Ferdinand and IsabellaSlide12
Columbus
On August 3, 1492 Columbus set sailThe Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria carried themSlide13
Columbus
On October 12 Columbus landed in the new worldHe cruised around the islands of the Caribbean'sHe thought he had had landed in the IndiesThis is where the term “Indians” comes fromLater on it was realized that it was an unknown landSlide14
Dividing the World
In 1493 Pope Alexander VI set the Line of DemarcationThis gave trading and exploration rights to Spain west of the line, and Portugal eastThe line was agreed upon and signed in 1494 in the Treaty of
TordesillasSlide15
Naming the New World
Martin Waldseemuller coined the term “America”The Caribbean islands are now called the “West Indies”Slide16
Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan set out to find a direct way to Asia He was PortugueseHe left on September 20, 1519 from Spain
He cruised the east coast looking for a passage to the Pacific Ocean
They braved storms but eventually found the what came to be known as the Straight of MagellanSlide17
MagellanSlide18
The Journey of MagellanSlide19
Carrying On
Magellan’s crew wanted to turn back after their discoveryMagellan wanted to push on to the IndiesThe Pacific Ocean was way larger than he anticipatedIt took them four months to get there.They arrived at the PhilippinesSlide20
Death
Magellan tried to fight some Philippines and was killedThe 18 survivors of his crew returned to SpainThey were the first to circumnavigate the globe, or sail all the way around itSlide21