Columbus Sails to the West Do Now If
Columbus Sails to the West
Do Now • If I wanted to sail west from Europe to the Moluccas Islands (Spice Islands), what might be two problems that I may encounter?
Aim • Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful?
PQ 1 • Who was Christopher Columbus?
Christopher Columbus • Late 1400 s • Italian navigator from Genoa, Italy • Columbus persuaded King Ferdinand (1492) and Isabella to finance his Indies enterprise – Happy to do so (driven Muslims from Spain) – Sought new sources of wealth • August 3, 1492 Columbus sailed west • October 12, 1492 Columbus found land
PQ 2 • To what extent was Columbus convinced he discovered the East Indies (Spice Islands)?
PQ 3 • What divided land between Spain and Portugal?
Line of Demarcation • Spain and Portugal pressed rival claims to the lands of Columbus • 1493: Pope Alexander VI stepped in – Set a demarcation line dividing the non-European world into two zones – Spain had land to the west – Portugal had land to the east – 1500: Portuguese captain Pedro Alvarez Cabral was blown off course as he sailed around Africa • Landed in Brazil; he claimed it for Portugal
PQ 3 • What were other exploration attempts and were they successful?
Vasco Nunez de Balboa c. 1513
Ferdinand Magellan 1519 -1521
John Cabot of England 1497
Henry Hudson sailing for the Dutch
Exit Card • Were European attempts at finding a quick passage to the Spice Islands successful? Explain.
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