The Age of Discovery

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The Age of Discovery

• Exploration

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God , Gold, and Glory

• Spread Christianity
• Find riches
• Fame
• Renaissance thirst for knowledge

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Portuguese

• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Dias
• da Gama
• Cabral

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Spanish

• Christopher Columbus
• Amerigo Vespucci
• Magellan
• Balboa
• Cortez
• Pizarro
• DeSoto

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English

• Sir Walter Raleigh
• John Cabot
• Francis Drake

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France

• Verrazano
• Cartier
• Champlain
• LaSalle
• Marquette and Joliet

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Dutch

• Henry Hudson

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Spanish Colonies

• South America (except for Brazil)
• Mexico
• Southwestern United States
• Florida

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Lands Claimed
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Line of Tordesillas

• 1493 Pope Alexander IV Line of Demarcation
• 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas

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Portuguese Colonies

• Brazil
• Parts of Africa

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English Colonies

• Jamestown
• New England

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Dutch Colony

• New York