• 4/17 Focus: 4/17 Focus: – Europeans, seeking a greater share of the rich Asian spice trade, began to make oceanic voyages of exploration in the 1400’s • Important Terms: Important Terms: – Cartography • Do Now: Do Now: – What impact did the Ottomans have on European trade with Asia
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• 4/17 Focus:4/17 Focus: – Europeans, seeking a greater share of the
rich Asian spice trade, began to make oceanic voyages of exploration in the 1400’s
• Important Terms:Important Terms:– Cartography
• Do Now:Do Now: –What impact did the Ottomans have on
European trade with Asia
The Age of ExplorationThe Age of Exploration
Early Voyages of Early Voyages of ExplorationExploration
• Factors that increased European interests in trade with Asia – Crusades – Pax Mongolia –Marco Polo’s travels
• European trade with Asia had been disrupted by Ottomans control of E. Mediterranean – Byzantine falls – Constantinople
becomes Istanbul
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• Italian and Muslim merchants controlled trade routes to Asia– Acted as a
middleman between W. Europe and Asia • Muslim traders
brought the goods to the Mediterranean
• Italian traders brought the goods to Europe
• Increased prices of goods
• Europeans wanted to gain direct access to trade with Asia – Began seeking
ocean routes to Asia
• Some Europeans motivated by desire to spread Christianity
• Others by adventure and Glory
• The renaissance led to new developments in technology and scientific knowledge – The Printing Press • Gutenberg developed
moveable type printing press • Increased the spread of
ideas and information–Geography
• Mapmaking and Navigation– Compass – Astrolabe and Sextant• Instruments which helped sailors
navigate the seas– Improvements in cartography• Use of lines of latitude• Maps showing ocean currents
Astrolabe(1532)
Mariner’s Compass
Sextant
• Improvements in shipbuilding – Advances in shipbuilding
lead to the creation of ships that could sail long distances• Learned shipbuilding
techniques from Arabs– Stern rudders– Triangular sails
• The Caravel – ship developed
by the Portuguese
– Faster and capable of holding more cargo
– Could sail in shallow water • Allowed for the
exploration of coastlines and inlets
• Identify one factor that increased Europe’s interest in trade with Asia?
• Why did Europeans begin searching for a sea route to Asia?
• Identify one technological development that allowed the Europeans to begin searching for sea routes to Asia?
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• Two western European nations that led early attempts at exploration in Europe
• located on the Iberian Peninsula– Looked to the Atlantic
for trade routes to Asia
• Portuguese prince who established a school for sailors in Portugal in 1419– School was responsible for
the early development of European exploration and maritime trade with Africa and Asia• Portugal becomes a leader in
this area
– Portuguese sailors began exploring the coast of West Africa