...THE EUROPEAN EXPLORATION JIMA JARQUIN MIAMI DADE COLLEGE In the 1400s Ming China was the most powerful, richest, and most advanced society in the world. Silks, spices, and ceramics were goods that Eurasia desired and were provided by China. Islamic empires were also very powerful the Ottomans set in during the 1400s and 1500s, and took over the center of commerce and trade routes between Europe and Asia. There was no strong, centralized political authority. A world where the kings where weak, violence, robbery, rape, death would occur with to much frequency. What led to the Age of European Exploration and Conquest? Many factor such as Religion, gold, ivory and spices, as well as adventurous voyagers from different...
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...From 1400 to 1700, European exploration had a huge impact on the lives of the Indigenous people of North America. The European brought new products and Animals along with new diseases that the Native Americans never had before, also the lives of those who lived in America before the Europeans got there and their life drastically changed as soon as they got there. The new Diseases that the Europeans brought to America affected the Native Americans to an extent that they couldn't do anything about it that they just laid there dying. The illness was so dreadful that no one could walk or more. The sick were so utterly helpless, they could only lie on their beds like corpses…” as Miguel Léon-Portilla stated in The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account...
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...Loan Nguyen U.S History Ballard February 7, 2015 Essay 1 With the help of new advances in technology and knowledge in the 1400s, European exploration began to thrive. One of the main intentions for exploration was to claim new lands and find a new trading route between Europe and Asia. At the time, trading with Asia was expensive and difficult because trading routes on land had to go through the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East, so they were under the control of Muslims and Italians. With a growing demand for Oriental goods like silk, spices, and tea had the need for better trading routes also grew with it. Many mariners, including the infamous Christopher Columbus, believed that they can find a sea route to Asia if they head west of the...
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...After the discovery of the New World, many European countries sought to explore the lands. The countries of Spain and England wanted to set foot in North America. While they all had their own reasons, the three main reasons for their exploration were economic, religious, and for individual glory. When Christopher Columbus sailed for Spain in 1492, his original goal was to find riches in Eastern Asia. Throughout the rest of the European Exploration, this remained a primary goal of the explorers. When the New World was discovered, many explorers believed that it was just a small body of land that sat between Europe and East Asia. Because of this, many explorers, such as John Cabot, still attempted to find routes to the West Indies. John Cabot...
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...During the 15th and 16th century, most European countries were in search of new land to improve their own countries. Three of the most important countries that played a role in exploring the New World were Portugal, France, and Spain. Portugal, France, and Spain had explored different parts of the New World for different reasons, but in the process of exploring, they corrupted native traditions and civilizations. To begin with, Portugal had wanted to explore to find riches and increase their trade. With an increase in trade and riches, Portugal would gain more power and become wealthier. Portugal began exploring off the coast of Africa. While in Africa, Prince Henry wanted to spread his influence on those living there. After a period of time, Prince Henry grew eager to become wealthier and more powerful and decided Africa was not enough to satisfy him. Prince Henry came to the conclusion of trading with India. In order to get to India he had to travel around the tip of Africa. Many...
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...of this paper is to Describe how European global exploration, particularly the Portuguese and Spanish, from 1500-1700, changed the character of both old and new societies. In the fifteenth century, European global expansionism was the driving force that kept the English motivated to expand. Europeans set out on a cycle of overseas voyages that would lead to the organization of European trading posts and colonies in both the Americas and the East. Colonialism is defined as a structure in a colony with a specific linkage; meaning economic, political, cultural, and social ideologies. The colonies linked England to the United States. England, being the mother country, also had a very important role play. The mother country was responsible for providing money for supplies for voyages such as ships, food, soldiers, and weapons etc. Also, England was responsible for the processing and manufacturing of raw materials. Settlers of the colonies needed markets to sell their goods and labor. They also needed a source of labor for the production of raw materials. This new labor force was made up of Native Americans, indentured servants (white slaves who served terms of up to seven years as slaves), and Africans. Columbus and his crew stated that when they arrived in the Americas they found Africans already there. In 1502, the Spanish were the first Europeans to enslave Africans in the Americas. Yet the local population died from European diseases like smallpox and from overwork...
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...During the 15th and 16th centuries, Maritime trade transformed global networks of trade and power. Thanks to the efforts of Portugal and Spain, Europe had several advantages during this time of exploration which would greatly impact their sphere of influence in regards to trade and territory. These advantages Spain’s military might, knowledge of the current navigational routes, as well as their advances in technology. Spain was motivated to explore during the Maritime trade period for several reasons. Like Portugal, they also wished to find a route to East Asia by sea. This would allow them to circumvent the land trade routes which were controlled by the Muslims. Ferdinand and Isabella wanted to increase their territory, as well as spread the religious beliefs of Catholicism. These goals were made possible by the Conquistadors. “By 1492, when they expelled the Muslims from Granada in...
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...The New World known today as America is a product of the meeting of two worlds, two different social, political and economic environments. America remained hidden for thousands of years and unknown to European explorers. Its discovery consisted of a clash of cultures, languages, traditions and history. Although they bear a similarity as they were both initially sponsored by monarchs in search of the Northwest Passage, the differences between the Spanish (1492 – 1548) and English (1584-1648) explorations are very clear. During the XV century the first marine expeditions that allowed having a better understanding of the world, were made. The major European explorers that were part of the Spanish and English explorations were Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Nunez Balboa, Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Ponce De Leon, Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Hernando De Soto, Francisco Coronado, and Sir Francis Drake. An important similarity on the explorations was that they were in search of the Northwest Passage , a route that the Far East could be achieved (India) from Europe traveling to the west. Other similarities included are the first voyages were made by Italian explorers and sponsored by monarchs. Christopher Columbus and John Cabot were from Italy. Columbus’ voyages were approved by Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile of Spain. John Cabot received approval by Henry VII of England. These are the similarities, but now we will see how clear the differences were. ...
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...Marquette and Jolliet’s expedition may have been to find a route to the Pacific Ocean, but not everyone knows what accomplishments they made. On their expedition, they met two groups of Indians, one of them almost killing them if it weren’t for the calumet, peace pipe, that was given to them by the other group of Indians. They also made very impressive accomplishments. One of these accomplishments includes Marquette’s death. Marquette and Jolliet had a pretty interesting early life, including their jobs before their mission on the Mississippi. Jacques Marquette was born in Laon, France in 1637. Louis Jolliet, however, has an unknown exact birthday, but he was baptized on September 21, 1645. Marquette became a Jesuit missionary and Jolliet became a fur trader before their expedition. Governor Frontenac of New France, now Canada, sent Marquette and Jolliet to see if the Mississippi was a route to the Pacific Ocean in 1673. Marquette and Jolliet had quite an impressive expedition, given that they were trying to find a route to the Pacific Ocean. They went across the Fox River, through the Wisconsin River, down the Mississippi River, and on the Michigan River back home. They also explored Illinois and Arkansas during their expedition. While on their expedition, Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet ran into two new species. They discovered the bison and a large catfish species, which Marquette described as, “...a monster with the head of a tiger, the nose of a wildcat, and whisker...
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...I have been asked to describe four different types of expeditions, I am going to start my assignment by explaining what expedition means, expedition means a journey organized for a particular purpose. A military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in foreign country can be referred to expedition. Expedition is personal development, it is about pushing yourself, and it encourages life and social skills. Expeditions combine adventure, cultural and educational activities for people who want to experience everything the nature has to offer. The first expedition am going to describe is an individual expedition. These expeditions are set up and planned by the individual. The motivation for carrying out an expedition is to achieve something different individually, The general age range for the people who take part in this form of expedition are between 18-45 and provide learning in different aspects as well as allowing the person to gain experience. The time for an expedition of this type is usually around a couple of days up to a week in length. An individual expedition can take many forms in their activity such as climbing, trekking and caving. This involves going to an appropriate place where such an activity can be completed, for example mountaineering would need you to go to a place such as the Alps or the Himalayas. If you are going mountaineering then you are expected to be within a mountainous region with the possible inclusion of snow and low cloud covering. The...
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...Unit 9: Outdoors & Adventurous Expeditions Workbook |Name | | |Group | | This completed workbook is to be submitted for assessment on the following date: ORIGINALITY STATEMENT: The contents of this workbook have been produced by me individually or with team members & is a true reflection of the activities undertaken as part of this unit. Name: Signed: INTRODUCTION Outdoor and adventurous expeditions are used by most of the Uniformed Public Services; particularly the Armed Forces, to develop the skills and values essential for effective teamwork. They provide opportunities for individuals and organisations to understand how they perform in difficult and arduous conditions. This workbook serves as a record of activities, development of skills, reflection, future plans and also includes witness statements to be completed by tutors or lecturers. Careful completion of this workbook in relation to the activities carried out will provide evidence to support the learning outcomes for the module. It should be completed with your own work and you may include photos and diagrams as you feel appropriate. You should complete the workbook electronically and will need to ask staff and tutors to complete witness statements...
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...Military: Military expeditions are used by the military/army; the specialised forced to help them train their personnel in a variety of different skills. An example of this can be they might send a few soldiers in training to Arctic for Cold/Hot weather training to see how they are going to cope and do; The Aim of Expedition like that is to train soldiers to fight in any type of surroundings. Military expeditions also help to promote teamwork, leadership, and teamwork Regardless of the weather Conditions. Educational: This type of Expeditions is recycled to learn or to teach college /University Students in a new or foreign area. How this helps them is to progress and advance their Individuality, Freedom to learn new skills and things about the place where they are going to (The Expedition Location). Students will gain much more experience of doing outdoor activities with the group or on their own this is really helpful in many different ways. It is a good way to grow, Develop different types of abilities and talents which are useful in our every day to day life, Such as Map reading or orienteering events. Example of educational expedition is The Challenge expeditions approved by the Duke of Edinburgh's Award which include training, practice and qualifying ventures for schools, youth groups and uniformed organisations. Individual: A specific expedition is agreed to...
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...I, Meriwether Lewis, am here today to give an extremely important message relating to the expedition we recently underwent. Many of the Americans say that the expansion was not worth the money, I am here to tell you all that the expedition and expansion were completely and utterly worth it. In the terms of laymen, we discovered so many things it makes this area look barren. One of the reasons I say this expedition was a great exchange would be the fact that we discovered 178 plants. Many of these plants could be used to increase our medical knowledge. Why would spending fifteen million dollars not be worth it if we can help save more people as well as extend our lives? This is one of the rhetorical questions where the answer should be obvious, the value of that medical knowledge is far more valuable than the land itself which we got at a bargain price from the French. Secondly, despite the dangers, we opened many new possible trading locations with the natives, many of the tribes were very hospitable, if we try and have items for trade regularly, we could have large amounts of allies if we were ever to be attacked. What kind of person would rather not have allies that provide endless amounts of benefits by knowing the land we live on, more than we know it ourselves. Tribal warriors of the natives would be deadly factors if a nation decides to invade onto this land. In the words associated with the great philosopher, Sir Francis Bacon, “Scientia potentia est”, these words may...
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...So having a common goal such as space exploration can greatly impact the way nations cooperate with one another. The idea of exploring the unknown is something that hits hard within the hearts and minds of many and it is something we can all show some kind of enthusiasm for. Combining the capabilities of NASA with other government controlled space programs such as The European Space agency, or a number of government run land based telescopes across the globe can boost the amount of research done of almost everything possible from preventing global catastrophes, categorizing space weather, protecting spacecraft from debris in low earth orbit, and monitoring the overall health of the atmosphere surrounding our ever growing fragile planet (International Space Exploration Coordination...
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...nonbeliever’s eyes to real possibility of space exploration. Cocconi knew even back in 1959 that the expedition to space would be arduous but had the United States not tried to get there they never would have known the incredible opportunities space had to offer. In order to continue the pursuit of intelligence in space, the United States must consider impact on the economy, job industry, influence on youth, and impact...
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