What was the Age of Exploration?

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What was the Age of Exploration?

• A time period when Europeans began to explore the
  rest of the world.
• Improvements in mapmaking, shipbuilding and
  navigation made this possible.

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The Explorers Portugal
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Bartolomeu Dias
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• 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.

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Vasco da Gama

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

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The Explorers Spain
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Ferdinand Magellan
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• His crew made first round-the-world voyage.
• Proved for certain that the world was round.
• Magellan was killed in the Philippines, his crew
  circumnavigated the world.

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

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What was the Colombian Exchange?

• Massive exchange of plants, animals and diseases.
• These things moved between the New and Old
  Worlds.
• Started with Columbus.
• To the Americas cows, horses, wheat, smallpox,
  plus much more.
• To Europe potatoes, tomatoes, tobacco, corn,
  plus much more.

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What was the Triangular Trade?

• System of trade between Europe, Africa, and the
  Americas.
• Stage 1 Raw materials to Europe (tobacco, rum,
  sugar)
• Stage 2 Manufactured goods to Africa (guns,
  cloth, rum)
• Stage 3 Slaves to the Americas to make raw
  materials.

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