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The Age of Exploration and Discovery
- Portuguese
- Sailed East
- India
- Prince Henry
- WAS NOT AN EXPLORER
- Son of King John of Portugal
- Prince Henry the Navigator
- Set up a school of navigation - Sagres
- Sierra Leone - Africa
- 1460 - death
- Bartholomew Diaz
- 1487 reached cape of
storms - later the
cape of good hope
because there was
now hope in reaching
India.
- Vasco da Gama
- Malindi - Kenya
- Arab pilot to Caliut India
- Returned with great quantities of
cloves, cinnamon and other spies
- And jewels,rubies and precious stones
- Spanish
- Sailed West
- Columbus
- Believed the world was round
- By sailing west into the
Atlantic ocean he would
discover a sea-route to
china and India
- italian
- Prince Ferdinand and Queen Isabella - Sponser
- 7 years pleading
- paid for 3 ships
- a nao - Santa Maria and
caravels - the Nina and the
Pinta
- The Pinzon brothers
commanded the Nina and The
Pinta
- Food for the journey -
salted
meat,bread,dried
fruit,beans,garlic,wine
- 3rd August - Palos departured
- Reached the CANARY ISLANDS
to take on supplies
- 33 days later landed on SAN SALVADOR
- claimed for Spain.
- Later they explored Jamaica,Hispaniola and Cuba
- Referred to the people as Indians as he thought he was in India
- remarked 'they ought to make good servants'
- Santa Maria was wrecked,The 'Indians' helped rebuild it
- Returned to Palos with the remaining two ships and
a llittle gold,parrots and 6 kidnapped 'Indians'
- Was given the title of 'Admiral of the Sea'
- Died a bitter and disappointed man
- Why did people want to
explore new trade
routes?
- Greed,power and glory
- Control of 'new lands'
- Supply Gold,slaves,agricultural land,spies
- Leaders of voyages
were promised riches
and posh titles
- Christopher Columbus
- Safer and cheaper trade
- The Spice Islands
- Turkish Empire
- Cloves,cinnamon,peppers,ginger
- Spices were used
to preserve food
and in medicines
- Silks - China
- Jewels - India
- Religion
- Convert people to Christianity
- Believed Christianity was the one true religion
- The Renaissance Spirit
- Questioning Spirit
- Confidence in their abilities
- Adventure
- Prester John-African King (myth)
- To defeat the turks
- Crusades
- Old Enemies
- What made voyages possible?
- Ships
- Naos - larger ships
towards the end of
the 15th century.
- Caravels
- Square Sails
- Clinker Built
- Large rudders
- Triangular lateen sails
- Tack or sail against the wind
- Aids to Navigation
- Compass told the direction
- Log and Line measured speed
- Swinging the lead - Depth of the water
- Astrolabe/Quadrant
- calculate latitude
- Stars
- portolan chartrs - accurate coastal charts