Europeans Explore the East

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First to sail around the southern tip of Africa

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Bartolomeu Dias

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Patron of explorers, navigation school

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Prince Henry

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Instrument for navigation and orientation

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Compass

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Ship capable of long-distance travel, sails against wind, carries heavy loads

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Caravel

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Time period of European exploration (1400s)

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Age of Exploration

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Economic policy: sell more than buy

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Mercantilism

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Explorer who sailed around Africa to India (1498)

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Vasco da Gama

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The 3 G's

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Gold, God, Glory

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Spurred the Age of Exploration?

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new inventions like the compass, astrolabe, and caravels

Increased banking in Spain & Portugal

new trade routes and desires for G,G and G

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Groups controlling trade with Asia before the Age of Exploration

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Muslims and Italians