EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Landfall
17 Mar 2013
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Class 6: the age of exploration: europe and its discovery of the new world. Grounds for exploring the seas factors jumpstarting explorations fall of constantinople: quest for gold, scientific discoveries (technology) imperial ambitions. Main motives resources & accumulation of wealth: new trade routes, expanding christianity. Vasco da gama (1469-1524: sails to india via the cape of good hope. Christopher columbus (1451-1506: october 12th, 1492, landfall at san salvador. Ferdinand magellan (1480-1521: his expedition circumnavigates the globe via the southern tip of the americas.
