HIST 1707 Lecture : HIST Class 8.docx
7 Jul 2014
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Motivations were reconquest, holy crusade, and economic. (glory, god, gold). Portuguese invaded ceuta in morocco at first to get rid of the middle man (last class notes). Portuguese reach the madeiras islands in 1418, and colonized them; had a foothold off the coast of africa. In 1448, portuguese begin to set of feitorias (factories), which were trading posts on. These exploration trips are backed by portuguese king and merchants; they are extremely profitable. When these ships returned to portugal with the goods they get from below the sahara, they would make profits of 1000%. 1487, they reach the cape of good hope. By 1500, portuguese were beginning to replace some of the muslim traders along the coast of africa. Set up a huge one in ghana in 1482. Vasco da gama sets off on famous voyage in 1497. Many historians believe other voyages occurred between gama and dias in which the portuguese were figuring out wind currents. (gama hugged coast,
