The Columbian exchange was a vital event that led to the merging of the Old and New worlds. It also dramatically changed the resources available, cultures, and many more aspects of life in all countries involved. The Columbian exchange was the sharing of plants, animals, population, ideas, disease, and many more consequences as a result of Columbus’ arrival and the exploration of the resources in the Americas. The new cultures and ideas developed from the Columbian Exchange included the introduction of new resources and foods, increased trade, as well as the devastation of new diseases. Introduction of disease to the Old and New worlds was a large consequence of the Columbian exchange.…
Motivated by the search for “God, Gold, and Glory” in the West and “Christians and Spices” in the East, the era between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries is characterized by European exploration and discovery. While in Southeast Asia this exploration was primarily illustrated by the spice trade, in the America’s European exploration allowed for the creation and domination of a new world. Driven by these aims, several western European countries were able to gain control or influence over widening segments of the globe throughout the Early Modern Era both politically and economically. As a result of this age of European exploration and conquest, Europeans not only united the old and new worlds, but they also gradually brought various…
Renaissance contributed much in encouraging explorers or expansionist to expand in the 14th - 16th century. The reason for this was because Renaissance was a period of time for encouraged innovations, freedom of thoughts, and an emphasis on human abilities. During this era, people advanced in exploration techniques and navigation tools. For examples, back then, many sailors tried to find an eastward oceanic route to Asia because they thought they could voyage to Asia from both eastward and westward water routes. Similarly, Columbus’s urge to explore was based on his belief and his questions about the geographic limits of this world.…
The Europeans sailed the seas because they wanted to find trade routes for goods and land. Explained in document one, Columbus sailed to the Indian Sea and was discovering islands and people. In document four, Henry Hobhouse started to be in search of trade routes east of the Mediterranean. In document five, John Cabot investigated islands and countries. Columbus started in Cadiz and went along the Indian Sea.…
Every nation had taken colonies and this reduced the economic opportunity of the old world. The Spaniard conquest of the Americas reduced the economic opportunities since they took most of the gold belonging to the natives for themselves according to De las Casas. Technological advancement was another factor which came along with European expansion. The sailors build faster ships in order to sail in deep waters. They also build better navigation tools with the north and south magnetic compass design.…
Before the Age Exploration, Natives were never involved with trading routes. When the Europeans forced the Americas into trading, the new diseases brought to them were foreign and so they couldn’t treat the diseases before it killed a large percentage of Natives. In addition, Europe might have gained sovereignty but soon lost it. The purpose of exploration was to better Europe’s economic state, because a large percentage of Europe’s population were poor and sick. But exploration only ended up making the poor people poorer, putting Europe in a worse economic and political situation than it was already…
In 1519 Fernando Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Although he, along with most of his crew didn’t make it back, it provided an abundance of geographical information that helped many others set their sights on exploring the New World (39). Europe needed a lot of factors and events to happen in order for the Age of Exploration to occur. Because…
a) Briefly explain, with reference to TWO of the factors listed below, how there came together in Europe in the early 16th century both the motivation and the means to explore and colonize land across the seas. Religion conflicts arose between the Protestants and the Catholics. The Catholics of Spain and Portugal, along with the Protestants of England and Holland, acquired a desire to spread their versions of Christianity to other people as a result of religious rivalries. Religion also provided the means for exploration. The monarchs in Spain were Catholic.…
Imagine waking up on a ship filled with salty sea dogs being possibly sea sick or just plain starving; this is what the European settlers went through. They went across the ocean just so they could just own a another chunk of monopoly in the New World. They went through tough times for this chunk of monopoly and why for power or to be the one with the most land. They came for many reasons and these reasons will include gold land and materials. From how they settled, to where they went, and their final outcome, Spain, France and England conquered the new world .…
Some technological advances that helped Columbus and Hudson make it to America were advances in map-making which helped the men to make their route more accurate, advances in shipbuilding which helped to increase the size of ships, improved sail designs and improved the ship's design which ultimately made the ship sail faster and smoother. Additionally, navigational devices such as the astrolabe helped make long voyages much easier. Some Economic conditions in Europe that encouraged people to explore overseas was trade. Basically, they thought of it as the more land you have the more opportunities you have for trade and the more countries you could trade with. Overall, the Europeans wanted to gain money and by owning more land, more money would come your way through…
When a person thinks of Europeans, they may think of French people, or British people, but Europe also included Spain as well. One famously known European is Christopher Columbus, and Italian conquistador who was thought to have discovered America. But he didn’t set out just to find America, he didn’t even know of America, he set out to find the Indies, and possibly rob them of their gold, he just ended up finding the Native Americans instead. The Europeans traveled far in the past, but they traveled mainly for land. The French, Spanish, and the English had so much land that they owned, but what was all of it for?…
The discovery of new land and people led to integration and exchange ideas and commodities. Europeans were able to expand power, claiming possession on the new land. The Atlantic world not only transformed economic aspects, but it also impacted social…
1. There are many different reason that led to European Exploration. During this time, spreading Christianity was a very important so that Europeans thought that by exploring different parts of the world, this would allows Christianity to flourish throughout the globe. In addition to the spreading of Christianity, the Europeans also wanted to gain more control and land. With more land and power, this would also allow the Europeans to grow in wealth. Lastly, in order for such a big project, such as this Exploration, to occur—the Europeans would have to come up with new technology and this exploration would be a perfect place to test that technology.…
What happens when Cultures Collide? By: Joseph Hutchinson In the late 1400s the age of exploration and colonization started. The leader of exploration to the new world was Portugal.…
The exploration and colonization boom of the 16th-17th centuries permanently connected Europe and the Americas, a connection that eventually formed the modern “West.” This new global connection not only created positive effects, but it also created a few negative ones as well. The European and American perspectives vastly changed because of this new connection that was created. Before the connection came to be, Europeans believed there were multiple continents, unaware of how big the world truly was. The Europeans believed that new trade routes, adventures, and the spread of religion could be a good aspect to come out of exploring the world, but it was also dangerous, unknown, and time-consuming.…