Voyages of Discovery WORLD HISTORY NOTESDATE: ____________

What caused the Age of Exploration?1. __________________ = spirit of discovery2. __________________________________

People want to find a faster way to India to get trade goods

3. __________________________________ Three G’s: Gold, God, & Glory

Routes to India Sail east around Africa __________________________________________________

New Technology Explorers needed to calculate their location with a…

1. _____________________2. _____________________

Developed by Muslim Empires Explorers needed a ship that can hold

_________________ and withstand ____________________________3. _______________- was a light, fast sailing ship

Steered with rudder Triangular Sails Equipped with cannons

Portuguese Explorers Portugal’s Kings were patrons of the explorers…

o ______________________________- ultimate goal was to find a water route around Africa to India.

__________________________ 1. _________________________________

First European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa “Cape of Good Hope”

2. _________________________________ First to make it to Clicut, India and back to Portugal!

3. _________________________________ Second trip to India! Sailed to ____________________ and Indonesia!

o _______________________________________

Spanish Explorers King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella helped finance certain voyages! ______________________

1. ______________________________________ _________________________________________________________________

____________________________.o Sails to Caribbean Islandso Finds “Indians” and he

believes he found new route to India!

2._______________________________________

First to realize that Columbus found a “___________________”, Americas named after him.

3. _________________________________________ Tried to find passage at _______________________________ Spanish realize there’s another ocean to cross to get to India. ______________________________________________________________

o Panama Canal today!!!

4. ______________________________________ Sails west to sail AROUND WORLD! _____________________________ -

sail completely around the world.o Left with 250 men, and

returns with only 18 (Minus Magellan, he dies during voyage)

English Explorers ___________________________

1. __________________ , sailed to Canada2. _____________________________ , sailed to southern tip of South America and stopped

over in modern day California. #2 to circumnavigate the world.

3. __________________________________ Tried to find _______________________________, but found ice instead. Not

the last time we’ll see Hudson.

French Explorers __________________________

1. _______________________________________ Sailed into the St. Lawrence River in

Canada “___________________” or Newfoundland

o Fur Trade is very profitable.

Dutch Explorers __________________________

1. ____________________________ (Again, but for different country) ***On Map Above “Henry Hudson’s Voyages”***

Explored Hudson Bay region, in search of Northwest Passage

Explorers find new ways to make new routes…Nursery Rhyme ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________

Making Contact! The beginning of conquest and colonies occurs when explorers get off their ships

in search of riches and land to claim for country!o _____________________________________ lefto _____________________________________ right

REMEMBER o __________________________________________