AGE OF DISCOVERY 1394 -1600 Europeans had developed a taste for Eastern goods. Trade centers like Genoa, Pisa and Venice flourished Overland route was slow and difficult.
PORTUGAL Prince Henry the Navigator Slave trade started Sugar Plantations in Canary Islands. Vasco da Gama the first to India via ocean.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS Sails for Spain in 1492 Three ships �Two are caravels Ferdinand Isabella Convinced Earth is a sphere Grossly underestimates distance to Asia
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS San Salvador Returned with 7 natives Admiral of the Ocean Sea
TREATY OF TORDESILLAS 1494 Between Spain and Portugal Line drawn on the map by the Pope. Unsure of Geography
FERDINAND MAGELLAN First to circumnavigate the globe. CC was wrong New World is not Asia. New World becomes its own destination
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE Transatlantic trade of goods, people and ideas that continues to this day. Who does the Columbian Exchange favor?
SPANISH CONQUEST 1519 Cortes into Mexico Pizzarro into Peru God Gold Glory
PEOPLE All colonies in the western hemisphere are shaped by race and ethnicity. All men are not equal.