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5816578155PolynesiaPolynesians had good canoes and settled islands.0
5818719670Indian OceanSailers in Indian Ocean colonized Madagascar, Islam rose, had a common language.1
5816580415China/Zheng HeMing China wanted to control trade, improve tributary system. Muslim Zheng He led the sea voyages and sailed around the Indian Ocean. He brought back rich goods, animals, and 36 new countries into the tributary system.2
5818707468Early AtlanticVikings went to Greenland/America. Genoese/Portuguese went to Atlantic; Madeira, Azores, Canaries.3
5818723465African VoyagesMansa Muhammed, Mansa Musa's predecessor sent out sea expeditions, he left on one and never came back.4
5818739716Amerindian VoyagesS Americans settled West Indies, Arawak/Carib people reached islands and eventually N America5
5818748191European ExpansionNew tech, lands, contact with Americas came out, led by Portugal and Spain.6
5818790115Motives for ExplorationPortugal/Spain had rivalry w/ Islam, wanted trade, curiosity. Cities didn't explore, individuals did. Christian militancy also prompted outside exploration.7
5818807003The Iberian BackgroundIsabel/Ferdinand's wedding created Spain. Ships with gunpowder were also popular.8
5818833685Portuguese VoyagesCaptured Ceuta in Africa and spread the gold/slave trade.9
5818843170Prince Henry of PortugalLed attack on Ceuta, 'Henry the Navigator.' Wanted to convert Africans to Christianity, crusade against Ottomans. Made a research center for navigation that improved navigational instruments.10
5818869230European Sailing TechnologiesDeveloped small caravel ships and relied on knowledge of wind patterns.11
5818898483The Portuguese in Africa and AsiaInitiated African slave/gold trade, Fernão Gomes purchased land, explored gold coast. Vasco da Gama sailed around Africa to India. Ships on the way to India got to S America and claimed Brazil.12
5818924729Spanish VoyagesWere preoccupied w/ taking back Iberia, so the Portuguese beat them to a new route to Indian Ocean.13
5818932849Columbus and Spanish ExplorationCrossed Atlantic and got to Caribbean, thinking it was India. Sailed in caravels for Isabel/Ferdinand of Spain. Vasco Núñez de Balboa and Ferdinand Magellan would follow, taking Philippines for Spain.14
5818952292Treaty of TordesillasTreaty of Tordesillas was drawn down Atlantic by the pope; gave lands E of the line in Africa/S Asia to Portugal; lands to the W in Americas for Spain.15
5818967070Encounters with EuropeEuropeans pushed on Indigenous arrangements. Isolation of America made it vulnerable diseases from Iberians.16
5818977885Western Africa-The Portuguese in AfricaPortuguese sought ports in Africa, and were granted them by kings without a fight. Africans accepted Christianity.17
5818991297The Kingdom of the KongoManikongo sent delegates to Portugal; monopolized trade. Lost monopoly, asked for Portuguese help, were ignored.18
5819569057Eastern AfricaMalindi gave da Gama a guide to India, to promote trade.19
5819580118The Portuguese and EthiopiaQueen Helena of Ethiopia proposed an alliance w/ Portugal against Turks. Portugal aided Ethiopia but not permanently because of refusal of Christianity.20
5819668266Indian Ocean Trade and the PortuguesePortugese bombarded cities on coast. Portugese monopolized trade from China/Japan. Tried to control/tax trade.Portuguese never had control of Indian Ocean, but supremacy allowed dominance of key ports/trade routes.21
5819693668The AmericasSpanish land in America. Isolation slowed technologies and increased susceptibility to diseases like smallpox.22
5819698848The Spanish in the Caribbean23

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