Exploration What were the reasons for and impact

Exploration What were the reasons for and impact of European exploration? Does exploration always produce positive changes?

Early Exploration-Interacting with New Cultures �When Europeans began to explore the seas in the late 1400 s they came in contact with many new peoples, places, and things. �What can happen when cultures meet? Economically? Politically? Socially?

IMAGINE you are one of the Spaniards or Native Americans pictured here……

Explorers and their Purpose for Exploring �Investigate chapter 15, section 1: The Search for Spices to discover: ◦ The purpose of early exploration ◦ New technologies ◦ Major early Explorers (such as Columbus!) ◦ Areas explored/’discovered’ by Europeans

The Search for Spices- A review �Demand for trade goods in Europe ◦ Most valued were spices such as cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and pepper. �What were they used for? �Sought a direct route to the riches of Asia

New Techniques and Technologies Cartographers Caravel Astrolabe

Explorers for Portugal Henry the Navigator Bartholomeu Dias Vasco Da Gama *Travel around Africa to get to Asia

Columbus Sails West �Financed by Spain (though he was Italian) ◦ They wanted new sources of wealth (GOLD) ◦ They wanted to spread Christianity (GOD)

Splitting up the New World *Line of Demarcation: dividing line between Portugal and

Circumnavigating the Globe Magellan attempted to sail around the world.