Explorers Motives in the Age of Exploration Motives

Why Explore? • List as many possible reasons/motives for exploration that you can think

“Gold, God, and Glory” • Interest in spread of Christianity • Sense of adventure;

Major Countries • Portugal: • Bartolomeu Dias • Vasco da Gama • Spain: •

Bartolomeu Dias (1450 -1500) • Sailed around Cape of Good Hope at southern tip

Vasco da Gama • Landed in India in 1498 • Important trade route from

Ferdinand Magellan • His crew made first round-the-world voyage. • Proved for certain that

Christopher Columbus • Believed a shorter route to Asia could be found by sailing

Juan Ponce de Leon • Sailed an expedition for Spain in search of the

Things Start To Get Tense • Portugal believes Columbus has reached Asia • Tension

Explorers Facebook Project! • You get to choose an explorer and make a Facebook

Instructions Sheet • Pay close attention to how many examples are required for each

Explorer Options • There a limited number of each explorer. • Think of a

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Explorers & Motives in the Age of Exploration

Motives for Exploration

Why Explore? • List as many possible reasons/motives for exploration that you can think of… • Spices in Asia • Gold, silver, precious stones • Expand knowledge of the world • Control a larger empire (resources) • Spread Christianity • Animal furs/fish • Adventure

“Gold, God, and Glory” • Interest in spread of Christianity • Sense of adventure; build empires • Obtain riches; demand for products was so high that there was great profit to be had

Explorers

Major Countries • Portugal: • Bartolomeu Dias • Vasco da Gama • Spain: • Christopher Columbus • Juan Ponce de Leon • Ferdinand Magellan

Bartolomeu Dias (1450 -1500) • Sailed around Cape of Good Hope at southern tip of Africa. • Found route to Indian Ocean • Trade can go from Europe to Asia by sea

Vasco da Gama • Landed in India in 1498 • Important trade route from Europe to India and East Indies.

Ferdinand Magellan • His crew made first round-the-world voyage. • Proved for certain that the world was round. • Magellan was killed in the Phillippines, did not make it home.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus • Believed a shorter route to Asia could be found by sailing westward instead of around Africa. • Found the Americas instead. Oops.

Juan Ponce de Leon • Sailed an expedition for Spain in search of the mythical fountain of youth • Instead, found Southeast Coast of North America • Founded the oldest colony in Puerto Rico • Florida!

Things Start To Get Tense • Portugal believes Columbus has reached Asia • Tension between Spain/Portugal • Treaty of Tordesillas • Divides world in two. West of line to Spain, east to Portugal

Voyage of Juan Ponce de Leon

Explorers Facebook Project! • You get to choose an explorer and make a Facebook profile for that explorer. • You will need to do some research first, and complete the Graphic Organizer as a rough draft. • Once I see your rough draft, you will get your Facebook template to begin making the final draft. • You will have the rest of today, tomorrow, and half of Friday to finish the project. • We will have a gallery walk the second half of

Instructions Sheet • Pay close attention to how many examples are required for each section. • Some color is required! • You may draw or print pictures.

Explorer Options • There a limited number of each explorer. • Think of a few you would be willing to do. • Your options are: • Ferdinand Magellan • Vasco da Gama • Christopher Columbus • Juan Ponce de Leon • Leif Eriksson • Amerigo Vespucci • Hernando de Soto • John Cabot