Revision on the Age of Exploration
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| When? | 1400-1750
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| What was believed before the age of exploration? | -Earth was flat and smaller
-Sea monsters
-Europe was at center
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| Why did people want new sea r | -Wealth for country/explorer
-To avoid Arab controlled routes
-Religion
-Inspired by Marco Polo
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| What made voyages possible? | -Caravels(clinker-built,lateen sails)
- Navigational instruments
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| New navigational instruments | -Astrolabe(North Star), Quadrant(sun),Cross Staff(horizon) all found lattitude
-Compass
-Log and line (speed)
-Lead and line(depth)
-Portolan charts and newer maps
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| Life on board | -Dangerous
-Food was dry and salted
-Scurvy
-Hammock
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| Prince Henry | -Sagres
-mapmaking, shipbuilding and astronomy
-West coast of Africa
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| Batholomew Diaz | -Portuguese
-Cape of Good Hope
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| Vasco da Gama | -Portuguese
-Reached India by sea
-2 year voyage
-Portugal got Indian trade route
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| Christopher Columbus | -Genoa
-Believed world was round
-Wanted to sail west to China and Japan
-Underestimated distance
-Failed to get suppport from England and Portugal
-Nina,Pinta and Santa Maria
-2 logs
-90 men
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| Ferdinand Magellan | -Portuguese
-Charles V of Spain supported him
-Made governor of all new lands and 5% profits
-Trinity,Conception,San Antonio,Santiago and Victoria
-Aim was to avoid Portuguese route by sailing West
-Straits of Magellan
-Killed on Phillippine Islands
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| Hernando Cortés | -Conquistador
-Aim was gold and silver
-500 men
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| Francisco Pizzaro | -Conquistador
-Gold and Silver
-170 men
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| What were the results of the age of Exploration? | -Geographical knowledge
-Cultures destroyed
-Many died of European diseases
-Many enslaved,tortured and murdered
-Countries other than Italy became rich and powerful
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