Europe and the World: New Encounters‚ 1500-1800 On the Brink of a New World ❖ By the 16th century‚ the Atlantic seaboard had become the center of a commercial activity that raised Portugal and Spain and later the Dutch Republic‚ England‚ and France to prominence ➢ the age of expansion was a crucial factor in the European transition from the agrarian economy of the MA to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. The Motives ❖ Contact w/non-Europeans remained limited until the end of
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continent of America‚ they did not know. The first sailor who attempted to reach India by the West was Christopher Columbus. He was born in Italy‚ near Genoa‚ in the Weaver family. All Columbus life was connected with the sea. In his youth‚ he participated in several voyages and then engaged in drawing maps. In the summer of 1492‚ three small caravels with a team of 90 people set sail from Spain. Spanish ships moored to a small island. Hence‚ in search of gold‚ Columbus headed south and opened the
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While reading The Encounter Of Europe And The New World‚ I notice that the common theme of this passage is dominance and violence. A lot of blood was shed for the sake of land being "discovered". Countless of native people and their cultures are also looked down upon‚ as they are seen as savages. For example‚ in the section Christopher Columbus‚ he writes a letter that goes into detail about his voyages. Due to the fact that the native people are not like him‚ he thinks of them as people who are
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Before the sixteenth century‚ if an explorer were to sail too far west it was thought that he would fall off the face of the earth. This all changed when Christopher Columbus reached was to be soon called the “New World”. This discovery would serve as a huge stepping-stone for trade around the world as well as colonization in the Americas. Following the discovery‚ European nations set out to colonize this “New World” in order to produce goods and find riches for their mother countries. This was known
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The letter Christopher Columbus wrote back to Spain to report his findings in the New World sparked intrigued me and sparked my imagination. Why I have been so absorbed in this letter I can not explain. This letter is supposed to be about describing an unknown land‚ a land that has not been seen by anyone besides the natives‚ but it seems that there is more to it than that. Columbus is known in elementary schools as the man who found the New World‚ and is regarded as a hero. To the contrary‚ historians
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There were many political and technological changes that prompted the world explorations and discovery of the new world. The Portuguese were the main contributors to the technological changes that lead to the discovery of the new world. However‚ the change of the political structure of Spain ultimately lead to the discovery. There were many technological changes that the Portuguese contributed. First of all they observed the way the Arab vessels were designed and then improved on them to make
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Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 at Genoa. Genoa was a seaport that was on the Ligurian sea. His name was Cristoforo Colombo and that was translated into English as Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus had two brothers‚ which he was older than both. Christopher Columbus had little schooling just like most of the people during that age. Genoa was a busy seaport and Christopher Columbus learned much from the sailors. Christopher Columbus’s father was a poor weaver. Christopher Columbus worked
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In the year 1492‚ Christopher Columbus set out on an expedition from Palos‚ Spain under the authorization of Spain. Using no charts for the water but instead a method of water traveling called dead reckoning‚ and when landing Columbus‚ thinking he was in Asia‚ was satisfied. The technologies available to Christopher Columbus‚ having some good qualities used to be useful having the technologies of 2016 however would have deleted a lot of the problems he had. Technologies such as the present day map
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question 1 Columbus had many reasons for voyaging out. In total he took four voyages to the “New World” each different and each with a different goal. He did run into some problems however. He faced natives who had never seen white skinned people before and he faced the dangerous crossing of the Atlantic. He had specific reasons for his motivation‚ he accomplished much and he dealt with those who doubted him in several ways. Generally scholars will say that the explorers of the new world were motivated
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Benjamin played many roles in Philadelphia‚ New York‚ England‚ and France. Ben helped us in many ways with his pamphlets and quotes. Most of his inventions and scientific research is used today. But‚ from his first to his last years‚ Ben’s inventions and theories are used everywhere today. Benjamin was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the eighth child in his family. He had about 12 siblings and he was his father’s 15th son and his mother’s 8th. Ben’s father‚ Josiah‚ was married
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