Why did Europeans explore?Why did Europeans explore?
GoldGold GloryGlory GodGod
GOLD
GOLD
“Show me the money!”
Demand for:
1.Finding gold
2.Trading spices for gold
3.Finding natural resources and trading for gold
“Show me the money!”
Demand for:
1.Finding gold
2.Trading spices for gold
3.Finding natural resources and trading for gold
GLORY
GLORY
Political and economic
competition between European countries
GODGODEuropeans want
to spread Christianity
(Diffusion of Christianity)
Europeans want to spread
Christianity(Diffusion of Christianity)
3 G’s aided and abetted by…3 G’s aided and abetted by…
Improved mapsImproved maps AstrolabeAstrolabe Caravel shipsCaravel ships
– Lateen sails (India)Lateen sails (India)– More maneuverableMore maneuverable– FasterFaster– Commissioned by Commissioned by
Prince Henry the Prince Henry the NavigatorNavigator
Courtesy of the Muslims
Courtesy of the Europeans
Prince Henry the Navigator
•From: Portugal
•Famous for:•Brought experts together to study navigation
•Paid for exploration
•Memory Hook:•“Prince Henry Paid 4 Portuguese to X-Plore”
Vasco da Gama
•From: Portugal
•Famous for:•Sailed around tip of Africa to India
•First water route to Asia
•Memory Hook:•“Da Gama & Da Portuguese Sailed to Da India”
Christopher Columbus
•From: Italy (Spain)
•Famous for:•First European to find “New World”
•Never knew he wasn’t in India
•Memory Hook:•“Spain wanted to be in India, but Chris landed in America”
Ferdinand Magellan
•From: Spain
•Famous for:•First to circumnavigate the globe (go around the world)
•Memory Hook:•“Magellan and his crew did go from Spain to Spain in a circle you should know”
Hernando Cortez
•From: Spain
•Famous for:•Conquered Aztecs
•Took over Mexico for Spain
•Memory Hook:•“In Mexico the Aztecs were bold but Cortez and Spain took their gold”
Francisco Pizarro
•From: Spain
•Famous for:•Conquered Incas
•Took over Peru & Chile for Spain
•Memory Hook:•“Spain liked Pizarro with extra cheese so they conquered the Incas in the Andes”
Francis Drake
•From: England
•Famous for:•First Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
•Memory Hook:•“Drake! Drake! English circumnavigate!”
Jacques Cartier
•From: France
•Famous for:•Claimed Canada (Quebec) for France
•Memory Hook:•“Cartier—he liked to dance—he claimed Canada for France”