Monday Oct 3

• Objective: Explain the major countries and people involved in exploration.

1. CBM2. Finish posters3. Use posters to complete explorers chart4. Countries chart5. Exploration videos6. HW: Map

Name and Country Destination/Route Area Landed Accomplishments

Vasco da Gama/Portugal

1498 – Sailed around Africa through Indian

Ocean to India

Calicut, India (SW Coast of India)

- Brought back spices- Established direct sea

route to India

Christopher Columbus/

Spain

1492 – Sailed west across Atlantic Ocean

in search of an alternate trade route to

Asia (East Indies)

Bahamas in Caribbean Sea

- Claimed Caribbean Islands for Spain

- Started process of colonization

Hernando Cortes/Spain

1519 – across the Atlantic Ocean into the

Gulf of MexicoMexico - Conquered the Aztecs

Francisco Pizarro/ Spain

1532 – across the Atlantic Ocean

through Caribbean Sea & Panama Strait

to South America

Peru- Conquered the Incas,

captured Cuzco & Cajamarca

Prince Henry the Navigator/

Portugal

1415 – War in North Africa

Ceuta, North Africa

- Helped conquer Ceuta, North Africa

- 1419 – founded a navigation school in SW

Portugal

Name and Country Destination/Route Area Landed Accomplishments

Ferdinand Magellan/

Spain

- Across Atlantic around Southern tip of S. America to Pacific around islands in Pacific to S. Africa to

Spain

Guam, Philippines First crew to circumnavigate the globe

Francis Drake/England

1517 – Around S. America through Strait of

Magellan up West Coast of N. America, through

Indonesia through Indian Ocean around Africa, back up to England

- Spanish settlements in S. America

- West Coast of North America

- Indonesia

- Circumnavigated the globe

- Raided Spanish settlements

- Defeated Spanish Armada

Jacques Cartier/France

1534 – North America in search of a sea route to the

Pacific

- Gulf of Canada that led to the St. Lawrence River

- Area today known as Montreal

- Claimed area in North America for France

Henry Hudson/Netherlands

1609 – sailed west looking for northwest sea route to

Asia

Near present-day New York

- Explored 3 waterways known today as Hudson

Bay, River, Strait- Allowed Dutch to claim

areas near waterways

Bartolomeu Dias/

Portgual

1487 – Down west coast of Africa, around tip of

AfricaSoutheast coast of Africa Sailed around tip of Africa

Spain

• Settled- Central & South America- Caribbean

• Relationship with Indigenous people– Encomiendas– Conquistadors

• Trade• Conflicts– With Portugal over land– Treaty of Tordesillas

• Line of Demarcation

Portugal

• Settled- Brazil- South Africa- Asia

• Relationship with Indigenous people– Asia– Brazil

• Trade– Spice Islands

• Conflicts– Same as Spain

England

• Settled– Atlantic Coast of North

America- Barbados- Jamaica

• Relationship with Indigenous people– Threat to society– Land for tobacco

• Trade– East India Trade Co– Tobacco

• Conflicts– Dutch – NY– French & Indian War

Netherlands

• Settled- New Amsterdam- Aruba- Indonesia- Cape of Good Hope (Africa)

• Relationship with Indigenous people– Cooperative– Some conflicts

• Trade– Dutch East India Co

• Conflicts– Portugal – Asia– England - NY

France

• Settled- Mississippi River- Canada – Montreal, Quebec- Haiti

• Relationship with Indigenous people– Cooperative

• Trade– Fur trade– East India Co

• Conflicts– French and Indian War

Videos: Exploration

Magellanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg6pXhZxbOI&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=activeAmerica Reporthttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWLr7xTZ-sY&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Country Settlement Areas

Relationship withIndigenous

People

Trade Conflicts

Spain

- Central & South America- Caribbean

Conquered Aztecs in and Incas in PeruEncomiendas

N/A - With Portugal- Treaty of Tordesillas split globe – Portugal-east; - west

Portugal

- Brazil- South Africa- Asia

Took Spice trade from Asians

- Trade posts in Spice Islands- Spices were available at 1/5 of the prices

- See conflicts Spain

England

- Atlantic Coast of North America- Barbados- Jamaica

- Many religious settlers saw the natives as a threat to society- Wanted land for tobacco crop

- East India Trading Company – used for cloth- Tobacco from Americas

- Kicked Dutch out of - French and Indian War – control east ½ of North America

Netherlands

- New York- Aruba- Indonesia- Cape of Good Hope (Africa)

- Cooperated because of fur trade- Some conflicts over land rights

- Dutch East India Trading Company – kicked Portugal out

- Left New York to Englad- Took control of Asia from Portugal

France

- Mississippi River- Canada – Montreal, Quebec- Haiti

- Cooperated because of fur trade- Natives trapped animals and traded for French goods

- Fur traders- French East India Company

- French and Indian War vs – lost control of Eastern half of N America

Exit Ticket

Which country was most accomplished during Exploration? Why?

Which explorer made the biggest contribution to exploration? Why?

How would exploration been different if Spain or Portugal had not been involved?