European Exploration
European Exploration
Jan 01, 2016
European Exploration. Early Explorers. Early Explorers. Leif Erikson Longship. Early Transcontinental Explorers. Marco Polo Il Milione. Early Transcontinental Explorers. Prince Henry “the Navigator” Funded Portuguese Exploration. Explorers. Renaissance Explorations Conquistadors - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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European Exploration
Early Explorers
Early Explorers
• Leif Erikson• Longship
Early Transcontinental Explorers
• Marco Polo– Il Milione
Early Transcontinental Explorers
• Prince Henry “the Navigator”– Funded Portuguese Exploration
Explorers
• Renaissance• Explorations• Conquistadors– Portugal• Bartolomeu Diaz• Ferdinand Magellan • Vasco de Gama
Explorers
“The World is Flat” myth
Explorers
• Spain– Christopher Columbus• 1492• San Salvador
– Amerigo Vespucci– Vasco Nunez de Balboa– Hernando De Soto– Juan Ponce de Leon– Francisco Vasquez de Coronado
Treaty of Tordesillas
Impact of Contact
• Columbus’ Impression• Colonization by force• Effects of disease• Importation of Africans• Treaty of Tordesillas
Columbian Exchange
European Settlements in the New World
Spanish – St. Augustine, Florida 1565SW, Florida, TexasFrench – Canada, Mississippi RiverDutch – New YorkEnglish – East Coast
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