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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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