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Discoverers and Reformers

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Lesson duration is: 50 min

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Discoverers and Reformers

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Lesson Goal:

At the end of this presentation you can explain and recognise why European countries organised voyages of discovery.

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Discoveries?

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the first voyages of discovery

The European expansion started when Portuguese merchants started trading posts (factorijen) in Africa and Asia.

They were on a search for a new route to Ithe East Indies for spices and silk. The Silk Route over land was blocked by the Turks.

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European Expansion

The expansion of European trade and power over colonies in other parts of the world.

Spices gave high profits to the merchants

Also about spreading Christianity

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Dangerous!

Unknown sea currents

Storms

Lack of food, fresh water and vitamins

Mutiny

Illnesses

Rovers

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Spices

Interesting: more flavour, conservation of food, 'medicins'

Grows in Sout East Asia

Because of the brokering, spices became peperduur.

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DIY!

Portuguese discovered route to Asia
1488 Diaz discovers Cape Good Hope
Vasco da Gama sails for the first time to India (1498)
this Carreira da India was a top secret route, only the king knew.

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Marco Polo (Venice)

Far East voyager

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Bartolomeus Diaz (Portugal)

1488: Cape Good Hope

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Christoffel Columbus (Spain)

1492: South America (but didn't know)

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Vasco da Gama (Portugal)

1498: Da Gama reaches India

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Ferdinand Magelhaes (Portugal)

around the world

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Willem Barentsz (Dutch)

1596 Nova Zembla

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Cornelis de Houtman (Dutch)

East India

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treaty of Tordesillas ( 1498)

The catholic pope divides the world between Spain and Portugal.

All in the West was Spanish (Fillippines) (dark green)

East = Portuguese

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