History 1810E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Diogo Dias, Secondary Source, Horoscope
3 Nov 2016
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Lecture- september 16th: portugal goes east, spain goes west. Technical skills: wind patterns in the atlantic, lateen-rigged caravel (new ship, dead-reckoning (figure out where they were on the water) Some experiments with trade and settlement: slaving, feitoria at arguim in africa (first factory- center for trading) Preparation- pero da covilha (made it to india over land and sent a letter home about the spice trade: internal portuguese politics- keeps focus on portugal rather than exploration, columbus. Granada 1492, give the muslims (and jews) the choice to convert to. Columbus thinks the most efficient way to get to india is by going west (he believed the world was round). No one agrees with him until he proposes it to ferdinand and isabella. They grant him a few ships and allow him to go. However many before columbus also believed the world was round.
