Other Europeans discover the world

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The Age of Exploration

1.5 Other Europeans discover the world

Topic of today

Why did other European countries start to explore the world?

What motivated these explorers?

Keywords: trade posts, fortresses/factories, colonies, trading companies, The Indies

As a reminder, which European country started exploring the world first?

1. Venice
2. Portugal
3. England
4. Spain

Why did the Portugese start exploring the sea routes?

1. They wanted to discover Atlantis
2. They wanted to trade with Asia directly
3. They wanted to trade with Africa directly
4. They wanted to discover America

Why did Spain fund the plans of Columbus?

1. Because they were fully convinced by his plans
2. Because Spain was very poor and needed riches
3. Because Spain came out of a long war and needed activities for their soldiers
4. Because Spain wanted to conquer the world

Motivations for exploration

God, gold, & glory

Just like it was for Spain!

Case study: The United Provinces

Why not just trade with Spanish or Portugese merchants?

Why didn't Dutch merchants just trade with Spanish/Portugese traders to get spices etc?

Reasons for Dutch exploration

1566: Dutch revolt against the Habsburg empire

Habsburg emperor was also king of Spain & Portugal

Dutch merchants had to find their own way

1594: Compagnie van Verre

New routes to Asia

The Northern passage

Sailing past Scandinavia & Russia

Would circumvent (omzeilen) the dangerous route via Africa

Nova Zembla

Barentz & De Houtkamp

Ship trapped in the pack ice

Shelter: 'het Behouden Huys'