Age of Exploration

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Age of Exploration

• Social Studies
• SOL 3.

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Early Explorers

• Leif Ericson
• Probably the first European to reach North America

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Marco Polo

• Traveled throughout China and Southeast Asia

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Vasco da Gama

• First European to reach India by sea.

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Amerigo Vespucci

• America was named after him.

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Age of Exploration
Spain
England
France

• Three countries sponsored early explorers.

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Explorers were looking for two things
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Effects of Exploration

• Good
• Doors to the Americas were opened
• A New World was discovered

• Bad
• Natives got diseases that killed them
• Natives lost their freedom, customs and pride

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Christopher Columbus

• 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue
• Sponsor Spain
• Wanted to find a western route to Asia
• Small ships, weather, and disease were obstacles
• First European to discover a sea route to America.

Discovered New World
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Ponce de Leon

• Sponsor Spain
• Wanted to discover riches and land to conquer
• Poor weather, Indians and poor maps were
  obstacles to exploration
• Landed in St. Augustine, Florida

Looked for Fountain of Youth
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Samuel de Champlain

• Sponsor France
• Wanted to colonize the New World
• Obstacles poor maps and war with Iroquois
  Indians
• Established first French settlement at Quebec,
  Canada

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John Cabot

• Sponsor England
• Wanted to find a direct route to Asia
• Small ships, poor weather, and poor maps were
  obstacles
• Explored the coast of North America and
  Newfoundland
• Claimed North America for England

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Voyages of John Cabot
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Astrolabe type of compass
Ships
Riches
Pirates
Indians