Age+Exploration

Trevor Griffith Age Exploration

**motives**

 -“Travels of John Mandeville” spoke of distant lands with precious stones  -Countries wanted to find precious metals, new areas of trade and more direct routes to East  -others wanted to spread word of God  -God Glory and Gold

**countries** -main countries were Portugal and Spain __Portugal__ -Prince Henery “Navigator” wanted to spread christianity and aquire new trade in Africa founded mariner schools -Vasco De Gama created spice trade in India

__Spain__ -Christopher Columbus found New World started trans Atlantic exploration -Magellan circumnavigated world

** outcomes ** -Treaty of Tordesillas split world into 2 spheres of influence -conquered and killed off many native tribes in New world  -Cortez conquered Aztecs and Pizzaro conqured Incas (Spain)  -new foods and spices

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<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;">Waldman, Carl, and Jon Cunningham. "European age of exploration." //Encyclopedia of Exploration: Places, Technologies, and Cultural Trends//, volume 2. New York: Facts On File, Inc., 2004. //Modern World History Online//. Facts On File, Inc. http://www.fofweb.com/activelink2.asp? ItemID=WE53&iPin=EEXII086&SingleRecord=True (accessed April 25, 2011). Age Exploration