Discovering voyages in the 15 ^th – 17 ^th century

                                     The cradle of colonialism







                                            Lukáš Dolák

                                              Sources

•         Dějepis pro 2. ročník gymnázia

•         http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azt%C3%A9ck%C3%A1_%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%A1e

•         http://www.freewebs.com/kolonizace/cortes.html



                                     Key and less known words

•         Helm: Driving mechanism for a vessel

•         Circumnavigate: Travel around, either by plane or ship

•         Tordesillas: the town in the central Spain

•         Pilgrim fathers: 1^st successful English settlers in the North America

•         Capture: Take possession of by force, as after an invasion

                                              Content

•         1. Conditions in 14^th century

•         2. Colonialists kingdoms

•         3. Summaries and consequences of       voyages

                                   1.Conditions in 14th century

•         Turks control the overland route to India

•         Europe has minimum of gold and spices

•         Europeans try to find the new way

•         Discovery of compass, helm







2. Colonialists´ kingdoms





                                             Portugal

•         Traders with spices

•         1487 – 88 Bartolomeo Diaz: circumnavigated Cape of Good Hope

•         1498 Vasco de Gama reached India

•         1512 Portogueses captured Maluku Islands

•         Lisbon became a trade center

                                          Portugal empire

                                               Spain

•         12. 10. 1492 Ch. Columbus rediscovered New world – San Salvador, Cuba

•         1494 the contract in Tordesillas

•         1507 A. Vespucci named the New world as Amerika

•         1513 Vasco de Balboa: 1^st man on the coast of the Pacific ocean



                                             Spain II

•         1519 – 1522 F. Maghalaes, Portugese, circumnavigated the world

•         1519 – 1521 H. Cortez discovered the empire of Aztec and Maya in Mexico

•         1532 Francesco Pizarro and Diego Almagro ruined the empire of Inks in Peru

•         Portugal and Spain weren´t strong enough

•         The end of 16^th century: replacement by Nietherland, England and France



                                          Spanish empire

                                              England

•         The last colonialist country x the most successful: captured alien colonies

•         1584 W. Ralegh founded 1^st English colony in the North America, the isle of Roanoke

•         1607 founding of Jamestown

•         1620 founding of Plymouth by Pilgrim fathers – Thanksgiving day

                                       Masacre in Jamestown

                                     Diccovery of Mississippi

                              3. Consequences of discovering voyages

•         New trade routes between Europe and colonies

•         Rise od the Atlantic ports

•         New crop in the Europe (potatoes, tomatoes, corn, cocoa, cotton)

•         New diseases: syphilis in the Europe x the flu and smallpox in the America







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