Dalton Brown 10/7/12 Mrs Holly Core 4 Born in 1450‚ Bartolomeu Dias was sent by Portuguese King John II to explore the coast of Africa and find a way to the Indian Ocean. Bartolomeu Dias was a Portuguese explorer and he was in charge of the Royal Warehouse in Lisbon. He sailed through the west coast of Africa. Since he did that he opened the sea route to asia via the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Bartolomeu Dias was sent in this voyage to reach two main purposes‚ first to reach and find a new
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Good Morning my fellow peers and educators: In this century‚ even before this century‚ many people have been risking theirs lives to explore and discover greater things. E. L. Doctorow once said‚ "Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go". We started of knowing nothing‚ but we progressed into something better. Some successful and some not‚ but look at what we have now and think‚ "If these risk takers did not do major explorations‚ will we know how
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Chapter 16 Study Guide 1. After 1450 the West controlled a growing volume of international trade. 2. The initiative for Western exploration and conquest came from the kingdom of Portugal. 3. Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope and eventually sailed to India. 4. The first Portuguese fleet to reach India sailed there in 1498. 5. The Portuguese trading port and fortress established in India was Goa. 6. Why did the initiative in early conquest and exploration pass to northern European
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History Chapter 14: Economic Transformations (Commerce and Consequence) 1450-1750 Directions: Define the following terms for chapter one. Describe who or what it is and explain the significance or importance. Prester John Trading post Empire Vasco da Gama Ferdinand Magellan Spanish Philippines British AND Dutch East India Companies Tokugawa Shogunate (and Shogun‚ daimyo and samurai AND relations with the world) Silver drain Potosí‚ Bolivia Little Ice Age and “soft gold” Atlantic slave trade and
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is also known as the Konkan coast. It is surrounded by the state of Maharashtra on the north‚ Karnataka on the east and south and the Arabian Sea on its west. The capital city of Goa is known as Panaji or Panjim and the largest city in Goa is Vasco-da-Gama. Goa is truly the hub of tourism in India and provides international standards of holidaying. To promote tourism and increase the inflow of tourists‚ the state has maintained world class beaches and other tourist attractions. On one hand you
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considered sailing to India‚ but his crew was tired and running out of supplies‚ so they sailed home. Upon their arrival they were treated like kings. The maps updated and more sailors set off to round the tip of Africa. One of those sailors being Vasco da Gama.
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European Exploration—Causes and Effects Causes Desire for wealth and power. (Gold and Glory) European explorers hoped to find riches in distant countries and to discover a sea route to Asia. Search for spices (nutmeg‚ ginger‚ cloves‚ cinnamon‚ pepper‚ etc.) and luxury goods (silk‚ gold‚ silver‚ jewels‚ ivory‚ porcelains‚ tea‚ etc.) from Africa and the East. Religious aims (God) Europeans hoped to spread Christianity to people throughout the
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European trade flourished with Asia. The spices of Asian countries had high commercial value in the Western world. The Portuguese took the lead but it was the Spanish took greater interest in this mission. Sailing around the Cape of Good Hope‚ Vasco da Gama landed in India around 1498. As a result of these discoveries the attitude of people broadened. The new life-style‚ latest discoveries and routes to new lands‚ etc. became the talk of the people. As these European people were exposed to the world
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D. A man cultivating pineapples for his own use. 10. The Arabs travelled in ships called A. Canot `a balancier B. Bateau cousu C. Dhows D. Chinese Janks 11. Why did Vasco da gama sail close to the Eastern coast of Africa ? A. They
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The great Spanish Empire was one of the greatest and largest empires in history. It was one of the first global extent. It came to its peak of political and economic power under the spanish Flabsburgs. 16th and 17th and 18th centuries of power. The Spanish empire has become the great foremost global power of its time and was the first to be called the empire on which the sun never sets. Since the death of Rome there has been no empire based in Europe which spreads outside of the continent. This
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