II. Portugal and Spain

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II. Portugal and Spain
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A. Prince Henry the Navigator

• Prince Henry Rich son of the King of Portugal
• Wanted to help Portugal obtain the riches of Asia

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Prince Henry the Navigator
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B. Henrys 3 Goals

• 1 Start an African Crusade and spread
  Christianity
• 2 Take control of the slave trade
• 3 Find an all water route to Asia

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Henry the Navigator?

• Henry never navigated one ship in his life
• 1419 Creates navigation school for mapmakers,
  shipbuilders, and captains

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C. Portugals Explorers

• Bartolameu Dias First European to sail around
  the tip of Africa
• Proved that water at the Equator did not boil
• Wanted to sail to India but ran low on food and
  supplies

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D.Vasco de Gama

• First European to sail to India
• Returned home with ships full of spices, silks,
  and jewels
• Much faster and safer than overland travel

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E. Columbus Sails the Ocean Blue
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• 1492 Columbus convinces Ferdinand and Isabella
  of Spain to finance his voyage
• Enterprise of the Indies Goal was to find an
  all water route to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean
  

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• August 1492 Columbus left Spain with the Nina,
  Pinta, and Santa Maria
• October 1492 Columbuss fleet lands in the
  Caribbean
• San Salvador Name Columbus gives this new land

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Columbuss Four Voyages
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• Columbus believed that he had reached the West
  Indies
• He mistakenly calls the natives Indians because
  he believes he is in India
• Columbus returns to the new world three more
  times
• Dies not knowing he discovered a new continent

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F. Result of Columbuss Voyages

• Columbian Exchange Global transfer of plants,
  animals, and diseases between Europe and the
  Americas

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3 Main Results

• 1 Caused a major change to Europeans diets
• Introduction of potatoes vastly changed the diets
  of poor people living in Europe

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• 2 Introduction of horses and cattle alters the
  lifestyle of Native Americans
• Before the introduction of horse most native
  tribes were not nomadic

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• 3 Introduction of European diseases
• Native Americans had no immunity to European
  diseases
• Results in the death of million of natives
• Destroys entire tribes and cultures

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The Columbian Exchange
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