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Discovering America. How to get to Asia. Three definitions. Crusades Creates desire for Asians goods Renaissance Including Johannes Gutenberg Reformation Martin Luther, Protestants. Gutenberg’s Printing Press. The most important invention of the last millennium. Portuguese Caravel. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Discovering AmericaHow to get to Asia
Three definitionsCrusades
Creates desire for Asians goodsRenaissance
Including Johannes GutenbergReformation
Martin Luther, Protestants
Gutenberg’sPrinting PressThe most
important invention of the last millennium
Portuguese CaravelTriangular sails
allow ships to sail into the wind
Can now sail the world
Vikings; about 500 years before ColumbusEric the Red
Settles GreenlandLeif Ericson
Settles Newfoundland, Canada in 1,000 AD
The Travels of Marco PoloIn the 1200’s his father
and uncle travel through Asia and meet the Khan in Bejing
They return to Italy, and Marco spends 24 years and 15,000 miles traveling throughout Asia
Marco’s book describes India, China and Japan, said to inspire Columbus and others
Three cultures that have the technology for explorationBy the year 1400
AsiaArabsEurope
AsiaMost advanced technologicallyStrong central governmentWealthyLarge population
In 1400’s Admiral Cheng Ho sails with 27,000 sailors, reaches Eastern Africa
Upon return the Emperor orders a halt to further explorations and orders the fleet destroyed
ArabsPossess good technology but there is no need
to exploreTrade route from Asia to Europe passes
through their lands, already profitingNo need to find new trade routes
EuropeWill try to find their own route to China and
India bypassing the Arabs
The Known World at the Time of Columbus
Educated Europeans believed the world to be 6/7 land, with very small oceans
Two more definitionsNorthwest PassageSouthwest Passage
PortugalPrince Henry “The Navigator”
Begins a Navigation School to train captainsDevelops a plan to map the coast of Africa
Bartolomeu DiasReaches the Cape of Good Hope (Storms)Crew insists they return
Vasco da GamaFirst to reach Asia by sailing around Africa
ColumbusAlso believes the world is 6/7 landBelieves a short trip across the ocean will reach AsiaHas trouble finding a sponsor, Queen Isabella of Spain
finally willThree ships: Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria (flagship)Keeps two log books during voyage, why?San Salvador first landmass reached in America’s
One ship sinksBelieves he is in the East Indies, calls natives IndiansWill make three more trips, convinced he’s found Asia
The Voyages of Columbus
Two final questionsWhy does word Columbus’ discovery of
America spread faster than Lief Ericson’s?
Why the name America?