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Ferdinand Magellan

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Unit 3 explorer test! Country of Origin and the accomplishments of the explorers: Prince Henry the Navigator: PORTUGAL Year: 1415 His conquests in Africa landed him spices and maps He founded a school of Navigation in 1419 to prefect mapmaking, shipbuilding, and instrument making Historians: honor his efforts with the name Henry the Navigator Vasco De Gama: PORTUGAL (Portugal > India) Year: 1498 Portugal > India Sails past the Cape of Good Hope and around Africa to India He helped Portugal compete with the overland spice trade routes Christopher Columbus: SPAIN (1451- 1506) (Spain > Hispaniola) Year: 1492 (he accidentally landed in the Americas instead of reaching the East Indies) Started his voyage August 3, 1492 and landed on an island in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492

Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections

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Kinberg, Nicholas Michael Chakmakian AP World History 5 August 2015 Chapter 22 Outline Transoceanic Encounters/Global Connections 7/8/1497, Portuguese mariner Vasco da Gama led 4merchant vessels with 170 out Lisbon Destination was India, planned to reach by sailing to Africa thru Indian Ocean Carried letters from king of Portugal, gold, pearls, wool textiles, bronzeware, iron tools to trade for pepper/spices Sailed south from Portugal to Cape Verde Islands off west coast of Africa, took supplies 8/3/1497, went southeast into Atlantic to take advantage of winds 95 days, sailed thru 6k nautical mi.; 10/1497, found south west winds in south Atlantic, rounded Cape of Good Hope, enteredIndian Ocean

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 23 Test Bank

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CHAPTER 23 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The Portuguese mariner who sailed to Calicut in 1498 was a. Dias. b. Columbus. c. Cook. d. Magellan. e. Vasco da Gama. * (p. 597) 2. During the early modern era, which of the following non-European peoples explored the Indian Ocean? a. Japanese b. Chinese * c. Egyptian d. Mongols (p. 598) 3. Which of the following was not one of the main inspirations for European exploration? a. the desire to conquer China and India * b. the search for basic resources c. the desire to establish new trade routes to Asian markets d. the desire to spread Christianity e. the search for lands suitable for cultivation (p. 599) 4. The first European nation to dominate trade with Asia was

The Earth and its Peoples: 5th Edition - Chapter 15 Notes

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Chapter 15 Notes The Maritime Revolution, to 1550 Global Maritime Expansion Before 1450 The Pacific Ocean Travel across oceans and seas is one of the greatest technological challenges The rewards of sea travel make it worthwhile Ships move goods and people and ideas more profitably The Ancestors of the Polynesians originated in Asia The Polynesians developed 120-foot long seaworthy canoes They also had great navigation skills and could voyage great distances Polynesian settlements in the islands of the Eastern Pacific were planned. The populations of the islands developed distinctively and away from each other Over time, they grew more hierarchical and violent. The Indian Ocean

transoceanic encounters and global connections

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Transoceanic Encounters and Global Connections Cool story 1497 Vasco da Gama arrives at Lisbon instead of India. He was Portuguese and aimed to go around Africa and through the Indian Ocean, and carried many heavy treasures in search of spice. They instead sailed to Cape Verde Islands and also went southwest into the Atlantic and saw no land because they wanted to take advantage of the prevailing westerlies. Took 10 months after departure from Lisbon to reach India, but there they found a wealthy society. He traded gold for pepper and opened doors for trade Background
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