Xavier Baker Chapter 3-Age of Exploration Section 1 Assessment 1.Dutch East India Company was formed to establish and direct trade throughout Asia. -Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty signed by Spain and Portugal -Vasco De Gama was a Portuguese Explorer who explored the east African coast. -Prince Henry was the son of Portugal’s king. -Bartolomeu Dias was an early Portuguese explorer. 2.Europeans seek new trade routes is the most significant because it opened up new trading opportunities.
Western Europe’s expansion of Atlantic trade, through exploration and colonization, not only improved their own economy, but also the economy of America, through sharing new trade products and crops as well as beginning the slave trade. Western Europe began exploring other parts of the world around the mid-1400s. They first started out with primarily explorers from Portugal and Spain. Some of these people were Christopher Columbus, Francisco
The astrolabe was invented during the 1400s and was perfected by the Muslims during the Age of Exploration. The Age of Exploration all so known as the Age of discovery was a period when the Europeans engaged in intensive exploration of the world. While exploring Bartolomeu Dias, an early Portuguese explorer, explained his motives: “To serve God, to give light to those who were in darkness, and to grew rich as all men desire to do” which was also known as “God, Glory, and Gold and were the primary motives for exploration. Soon the technological advance such as the astrolabe made this possible. The relationship between the astrolabe and the age of exploration was that the astrolabe was a navigational tool that sea captain could used to calculate latitude, or how far north or south of the equator the ship
What was he looking for?) How did these expectations and pre-conceived notions impact his findings and affect his interactions with the indigenous people of North or South America? How might these interactions have been different if the explores’ agendas and pre-conceived ideas been different? Explain fully and give examples to support your assertions. Christopher Columbus was a well known European explorer of the 1400”s. He was a brilliant navigator and explorer
The New World Old World Anthony Nnana ENG/491 March 5, 2012 Michael Briggs, PhD Introduction In the early years of the 1400s Europe had started developing and expanding I economic activities. By 1492, explorations to expand and find new frontiers had begun. In 1492, Christopher Columbus along with dozens of Europeans sailed across the Atlantic ocean to the new World. The voyagers were amazed at what they found: the people and their culture, the land and its beauty. The stories of Colon, one of the Indians that Columbus took back to Spain showed that the discoveries were mutual rather than one sided.
The main attraction that prompted England to begin colonizing North America in the early seventeenth century was the promise of gold, combined with a strong desire to find a passage through America to the Indies . Ch. 2 2. Discuss the conflicts with Native Americans in the early history of England ’s southern colonies. Include cause and results and provide specific examples.
They were also responsible to record and make scientific observations on the new territory, resources and activities along their journey. By detailing flora, fauna animals and natural resources, they could excavate valuable resources that are suitable for trade business and make big money. Furthermore, they could make contact with Native Americans and establish diplomatic and trading relationships with them. In conclusion, the purposes and objectives of the Expedition are all for the benefiting of trade and money making. During the ‘Corps of Discovery’, Lewis and Clark and their men faced many difficulties including geography, wildlife, weather and communication, etc.
Although among non-Native Americans Christopher Columbus is traditionally considered the discoverer of America, Columbus was preceded by the various cultures and civilizations of the indigenous peoples of the Americas, as well as the Western world's Vikings at L'Anse aux Meadows. He is regarded more accurately as the person who brought the Americas into the forefront of Western attention. "Columbus's claim to fame isn't that he got there first," explains historian Martin Dugard, "it's that he stayed. "[73] The popular idea that he was first person to envision a rounded earth is false. The rounded shape of the earth has already been known since antiquity.
Between 1300 and 1500 western European states grew larger and more centralized. In addition, economic growth and social change enhanced the influence of merchants. In the fifteenth century, aided by Asian and Islamic seafaring technologies, western europeans began exploring the world. Beginning the late Middle ages was a time of new intellectual and technologies. Most of the innovations derived from European contacts with Asia and Africa.
Starting in 1500, Europeans explores began using ships to sail through routes and passages. Also lead to new discoveries and advancements. This also led to increasing trade activity. Two explorers from the exploring age that stood out to me where Christopher Columbus and Bartolomeu Dias. Both man where brave and made many interesting discoveries.