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Explorers 2025

SHS MWH Explorers and motives for exploration

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Religious motives Catholic Spanish and Portuguese aimed to spread Christianity; Protestant groups sought religious freedom.
Economic motives Potential for wealth and improved status.
National and personal image glory motivated voyages of discovery.
Caravel ships could easily adapt to changing weather conditions because they were smaller and had triangular sails.
Mariner’s compass pointed north allowing sailors to know the direction they traveled in no matter what the weather conditions were or time of day
Improved cartography maps were better and more accurate
School of Navigation allowed sea captains and map makers to share information leading to better maps
Bartolomeu Dias (1488) First to reach the Cape of Good Hope, proving Africa could be circumnavigated.
Vasco da Gama (1498) Reached India by sea, establishing a new trade route.
Pedro Álvares Cabral (1500) Discovered Brazil while en route to India.
Christopher Columbus (1492) Reached the Caribbean while seeking Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci (1501) Identified South America as a new continent, not Asia.
Ferdinand Magellan (1519–1522) Led first circumnavigation of the globe; died during the voyage.
Hernando Cortés (1519) Conquered the Aztecs with superior weapons and alliances.
Francisco Pizarro (1533) Defeated the Inca Empire; executed Atahualpa after ransom.
Hernando de Soto Explored the southeastern United States; helped conquer the Inca.
Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1513) First European to reach the Pacific Ocean via Panama.
Henry Hudson Sought a northwest passage; mutinied and lost at sea.
Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain Explored and established French colonies in Canada.
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