HST 101 Lecture : 15 - The Maritime Revolution, to 1500.doc
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The pacific ocean: over a period of several thousand years, peoples originally from the malay. Peninsula crossed the water to settle the islands of the east indies, new guinea, the melanesian and polynesian islands, the marquesas, new zealand, and other. Pacific islands out to hawaii: polynesian expansion was the result of planned voyages undertaken with the intention of establishing colonies. Polynesian mariners navigated by the stars and by their observations of ocean currents and evidence of land. The indian ocean: malayo-indonesians colonized the island of madagascar in a series of voyages that continued through the fifteenth century. The atlantic ocean: arab seafarers used the regular pattern of the monsoon winds to establish trade routes in the indian ocean. These trade routes flourished when the rise of islam created new markets and new networks of muslim traders: the chinese ming dynasty sponsored a series of voyages to the indian ocean between 1405 and 1433.
