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=The Age of Exploration 400- 1500=



The Age of Exploration was a very important time for the discovery of new countries. The discovery of these new countries weren't always on purpose. The most important reasons for these voyages were for God, Glory, & Gold. Another pretty important reason for these voyages was to expand trade, especially for the spices of the East. The reason why these spices were so important was because these specific spice were used to preserve food for longer periods of time and back then that was very importants especially for long voyages. For awhile the Europeans were the leaders in these oversea voyages. Sometime in 1420, Portugal was common among the oversea trading empire. A common tool among voyagers was the portolani. The portolani were charts that recorded shapes of coatlines and distances between ports, which was very helpul to sailor for navigating the seas to other lands.

One of the most important figures in Spanish exploration was a man by the name of Christopher Columbus. He was an Italian male who persuaded Queen Isabella to finance his expedition to sail to Asia by sailing west instead of around Africa. He set out on his voyage and when he landed he didn't land in Asia. He ended up landing in what is now known today as North America. There he found people who he named Indies and made them his slaves. After awhile of the Indies or Native Americans being slaves they started to die because of disease that the Spanish brought over.

Later the Spanish and Europeans established this new land as the Americas and started to settle there. Later they brought slaves from Africa to work in big plantations where they would grow and harvest crops that were used for trade. These plantations were very helpul and on top of that the Spanish found gold and other useful minerals in this new land. So besides plantations the Spanish would work the slaves in mines so that they could get these precious minerals.



Christopher Colombus: Persuaded Queen Isabella of Spaon to support his jouney across the sea. In October 1942 he discover the island of Hispaniola and the coastline of Cuba. Francisco Pizarro: Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition into South America and took Control of the Incan Empire in the Peruvian Andes. Admiral Albuquerque: Began the Goa port on a coast of West India which was a pit stop for ships on their ways to China, Japan, and the Spice islands. Ferdinand Magellan: Sailor who was the first to sail around the world. Named the south sea the Pacific Ocean. Died claining the Philippine Islands. Amerigo Vespucci: Explorer who charted the coastline of Central and South America who brought german mape maker with him named the new continent America for Amerigo.

Balance of Trade: The Difference in value between what a nation imports and what it exports over time. If the balance is posotive the goods exported have more value than those imported. Conquistadors: Determined Spanish explorers who used guns and men to overtake empires of South America looking for gold and other riches. Plantations: Large farming estates that were set up on the coast of Brazil and islands of the Caribbean to grow sugarcane that were run by African slaves imported to Brazil. Traingular Trade: A pattern of trade in a triangular shape. That connected Europe, Africa, Asia, And the Americas. Ships would carry European Goods to Africa were they would trade them for slaves and bring them to the Americas. Middle Passage: They Journey of slaves from Africa to the Americas that went straight through the Truangular trade route. Many slaves dies on the way to the Americas from starvation and poor living conditions.

1419 A.D.- Prince Henry sets up the school for sailors. 1441 A.D.- Portugese begin slave trade. 1492 A.D.- Columbus set sail. 1494 A.D.- Treat of Tordesillas divided the New World between Portugal and Spain. 1499 A.D.- Amerigo Vespucci charted the coastline of Central and Sout America. 1500 A.D.- Pedro Cabral claimed Brazil for Portugal. 1521 A.D.- Hernan Cortes conquered Aztec Emprie. 1519 A.D.- Ferdinand Magellan set sail to sail around the world. 1532 A.D.- Francisco Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire of Peru. 1600 A.D.- Began the netherlands golden age.

Conquistadors- Spanish Conquistadors Christopher Columbus- Christopher Columbus Journals and story Fransisco- Francisco Pizarro biography Christopher Columbus ships The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Ferdinand Magellan- Ferninand Magellan.

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