Voyage of Discovery

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Voyage of Discovery

• Chapter 2, Section 1
• Age of Exploration Unit

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I. Foundations of Exploration

• Renaissance encourages spirit of discovery and
  innovation
• 1400s and 1500s Europeans sail on voyages of
  discovery
• Motivations
• Get in on trade with Asia
• Wealth
• Christian Missionary goals
• Curiosity

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II. Advances in Technology

• Chinese and Muslim advances
• Astrolabe
• Compass
• European innovations
• Deep-draft ships
• Caravel rudder at stern, triangular sails
• - could be armed with cannons

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III. Portuguese Explorers

• Portugal was the first country to launch
  large-scale voyages
• Henry the Navigator Prince Henry sent out
  voyages from a court of explorers
• His goal was to find a water route around Africa
  to India
• 1488 Bartolomeu Dias became the first European
  to attempt to sail around the Cape of good Hope

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• Vasco da Gama Met Muslim merchants in Africa on
  his way to India
• Pedro Cabral claimed Brazil
• Portugal became one of the richest and most
  powerful European nations

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IV. Spanish Explorers

• Spain wants to keep up with Portugal
• Christopher Columbus believed he could reach
  Asia by sailing West
• Reached the Caribbean after two months
• Came back with parrots, jewels, gold, exotic
  plants, and some natives
• 1502 Amerigo Vespucci realized his error

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• Spaniards set out to explore this new land
• Vasco Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean
• Ferdinand Magellan set out to see how large the
  Pacific was
• Circumnavigate sail completely around the world

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V. Other European Explorers

• England
• John Cabot
• Sir Francis Drake
• Henry Hudson (the Netherlands)
• France
• Jacques Cartier