HIST 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Catalan Atlas, Nbcuniversal Entertainment Japan, Middle Ages
16 Jun 2017
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Intro- chains of conquest restall (lockhart"s phd student) & lane (schwartz phd student: portuguese prelude 1415-1480s, 1st voyage & impacts, 2nd expedition, final 4th voyage. Civil wars or conflicting kingdoms in latin america. Conquerors had a great deal of indigenous allies. Extension of portuguese maritime interests along the western african trade line. They have there minds on a gold producing area for the western eurasian. They heard of stories of king mansu musa who did transatlantic trade routes along his haj. This episode did not go unnoticed by christians. Jewish atlas catalan from mallorca documented this thoroughly with the map shown in class. Europeans go through real shortage of gold in the last middle ages. This forced them to use copper gold combos, no mints etc. It proved to be extremely detrimental for their economy. Henry the navigator set up posts in africa. Africans didn"t want to trade anything for gold.
