The Age of Exploration and Discovery

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The Age of Exploration and Discovery

• a la espada y al compás, mas, y mas, y mas, y
  mas

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Think Pieces

• Why did the age of exploration explode in the
  fifteenth and sixteenth centuries?
• What gave Iberians (especially Portuguese)
  special advantages?
• Expand on the statement religion supplied the
  pretext and gold the motive.
• What technological advances gave Europeans the
  edge?

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The Iberian Advantage

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Religious passion
• Evangelical obsession
• The crusading spirit
• Zheng Ho

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Technological Advantages

• Ships and guns
• Maps and charts
• Navigational instruments
• Prior (ancient) knowledge and new investigations

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Cultural Matrix

• Warring worlds of Christendom and Islam
• Rise of Protestantism
• Mercantile drive for commerce and worldly gain
• Personal desire for adventure
• Psychology of the individual mariner/explorers of
  the age.

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Tools of the Trade

• Crosstaff

• Quadrant
• Astrolabe
• School for Pilots
• Dead reckoning
• Compass
• Portolani, charts

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Evolution of the Ship
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Evolution of the Ship
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Evolution of the Ship
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Evolution of the Ship
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Evolution of the Ship
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Ship Design
The Caravel
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Ship Design
The Round Ship
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Portugal on the Atlantic Coast
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The Guns
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Guns on Ships Transform the Ship into a Platform
for Artillery and Revolutionize Warfare at Sea