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 Age of Exploration  1500AD - 1700 AD  By: Jacob Wasem and Cameron Pederson  

__5 Important Terms__ Columbian Exchange - An long excange between the New World Columbus founded and the Old World, traded different products, plants, animals and diseases. Cartography - art and science of map making used during the age of exploration that helped travelers know where they were in certain places. Treaty of Tordesillas - Pope Alexander VI divided territory "New World" between Spain and Portugal by the line of demarcation giving Spain more land. Encomienda - right of settlers to use natives as laborers, also provided protection for the Indians created by settlers for their advantage when they settled the New World. Astrolabe - means "shooting the sun," used to measure the position of stars to attain latitude so travelers knew were they were when they traveled.

__5 Important People of the Age of Exploration__ 1 - Marco Polo: wrote "The Travels," on his journeys to China and Japan for other explorers and settlers to read for enjoyment. 2 - Vasco da Gama: The 1st European to reach India in 1498, huge profits came from Spices, 60 times the cost of the voyage 3 - Christopher Columbus: European discover of the New World, born in Genora, Italy in 1451, Columbus sets sail on August 3rd, 1492, landed on the San Salvador Island and believed they were the East Indies 4 - Ferdinand Magellan: The first to sail around the world, renamed the South Sea the Pacific Ocean (peaceful), killed claiming the Philippine Islands 5 - Henry Hudson: traveled over to the New World seeking a Northwest Passage and discovered the Hudson River after himself.

__Overview of the Age of Exploration__

One of the most important people during the Age of Exploration was Christopher Columbus. He was a European that discover the New World. He was sponsored by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand to spread Christianity. Columbus had 3 ships that he used when he went on his voyage, the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria. When he landed his voyage at San Salvador island on October 12, 1492 he thought he was in India but he went the wrong way and traveled West. When he got to San Salvador he named the natives there Indians. After he discovered the New World there was an exchange called the Columbian Exchange. The New World gave potatoes, corn, turkeys, gold, and silver for exchange for wheat, horses, and guns. During the trade there was a small pox virus that was given the the natives in the New World. This is all what happened when Columbus founded the New World we know today as North America and South America. After Columbus founded the New World there was a Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. At this treaty the New World was divided between Spain and Portugal. Pope Alexander VI divided the land with the Line of Demarcation. This line was 48 West Longitude which gave Portugal the east part of the New World and Spain the west. Spain got most of the land which is most of North and South America. There were 2 goals that Spain had when settling the New World, exploit its wealth and convert the natives to Christianity. When they were settling they used a right for settlers to use natives as laboreres so the natives had protection. This right was called the Encomienda. These were some of the events that occurred after Columbus founded America.

Afterr Columbus, slave trade started being used more than before. The Triangular Trade had a big role in starting America. In America sugar, cotton, tobacco was grown and was shipped to Europe. There the goods were manufactured and was sent to Africa were slaves were sent to America. The slaves were sent on the Middle Passage which was the main passage that the slaves were taken to America. In America a plantation system was created. The plantations were large agricultural estates were slaves labored to create sugarcane, cotton, and tobacco. Slave Trade continued on tell around the 1800's.

//** "Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World." - Christopher Columbus **// 

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__Age of Exploration Timeline__ **1419 AD**- Prince Henry, "The Navigator," Sagres school for sailors **1441 AD**- Portuguese start slave trade, 1st slave brought to Europe **1487 AD**- Bartholomeu Dias, rounded tip of Africa and named it Cape of Storms **1498 AD**- Vasco da Gama, 1st European to reach India **1494 AD**- Treaty of Tordesillas, divided territory "New World" between Spain and Portugal **1499-1503 AD**- Amerigo Vespucci, charted coastline of Central and South America **1511 AD**- 1st European to see Pacific Ocean, named it South Sea **1513 AD**- Ponce de Leon, searched for the Fountain of Youth **1519-1521 AD**- Ferdinand Magellan, 1st to sail around the world, renamed South Sea Pacific Ocean **1540-1542 AD**- Coronado, searched for Seven Cities of Gold in the Grand Canyon

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