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NEW INVENTIONS, IDEAS, INTERESTS LEADing TO AN
AGE OF EXPLORATION
1450-1600 A.D
Social Studies Ms. Lancaster
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An Age of Exploration

• An overland trading network existed throughout
  North, Central, and South America before
  Europeans arrived
• Trade goods came overland from Asia to the
  trading centres of Europe
• When trading goods overland became too expensive,
  European traders began to seek ocean routes to
  Asia

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• European Explorers searched for a passage through
  North America to Asia
• They came across a huge new land mass that
  existed between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean

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Trading Overseas

• Ocean voyages were very costly
• Wealthy European merchants and Monarchs provided
  money for these voyages
• Monarchs wished to find out more about the world
  and gain power and riches from Asia
• They hired mariners to send ships to seek a route
  to Asia.

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Looking for an ocean route to Asia
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Explorer Map
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• The Northwest Passage

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Trading Overseas

• Portugal and Spain were the first European
  countries to send ships to seek a water route to
  Asia
• England and France sent expeditions shortly after
• While searching for trade routes, the Europeans
  explored North and South America

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Now what????

• After the Northwest Passage was discovered the
  Europeans acquired new knowledge of the worlds
  geography
• They wanted to make the very most out of their
  new discovery
• This meant.

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New Inventions

• New technologies were create or improvements were
  made on old gadgets to enable sailors to navigate
  better
• Such as Compass, astroblabe, ruder, and lateen
  sail

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New Weapons

• Cannons were added to trade ships to protect them
  from pirate attacks
• Pirates would kill members of the crew and steal
  all the cargo

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Availability of Knowledge

• With new areas of the world being explored also
  came new knowledge which lead to stories of
  travel and explorations
• Johann Gutenberg invented the printing press
  which used type letters to make words (early
  typewriter)?
• Books were made faster and cheaper and became
  widely available

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Map CreationS

• Many areas of the world were previously unmapped
  because they were unknown
• European sailors explored more of the world and
  new information was added to maps and corrections
  were made to existing maps
• Maps were created to
• record where they had been
• and to mark trade routes

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Any Questions???

• Powerpoint lesson will be available on the
  website if you missed any important notes.
• Ms. Lancaster