Age of Discovery

Every time that we think about our past and what made a significant impact in history, we can say that the Columbian Exchange made a major impact for many people. This expansive exchange that accumulated between the New and Old Worlds is said to be a transformative time in our history. In the times of the columbian exchange, there were many items of distribution that had been transferred between the Americas and the rest of the world. There were many significant people including Motolinía,…

had not previously been known to either side now became staples of life for both civilizations. When most people think of Columbus’s arrival to the New World they only wish to see the immediate benefits that came out of the expedition, such as the discovery of new land, ecosystems, and crops. The most…

Contributing to existing scholarship does not always mean forging a new or innovative methodology. Sometimes a book can be a worthwhile read and follow the structure of earlier works. It is in this manner that readers will most appreciate Timothy Silver’s A New Face on the Countryside: Indians, colonists, and slaves in South Atlantic forests. The author quickly acknowledges his appreciation for two earlier works in environmental history that inspired this book, Alfred W. Crosby Jr.’s The…

The Age of exploration Table of content Page 1 title Page 2 Table of content Page 3 introduction Page 4 Vasco da Gama Page 6 Is the Age of exploration a golden age? Page 8 Technology of the Age of Exploration. Page 9 Paragram of technology Page 10 credits Imagination you are on a boat going to a cotenant that nobody have never been too before.That really happened.It’s called “The Age of Exploration.”The Age of Exploration was time when europeans were going threw the oceans…

This paper examines Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Dutch explorers and how and why the different groups acted the way they did in the areas they were exploring. Though all parties were European, each have different cultures and backgrounds. This directly affects their interactions in foreign countries. The Portuguese, Spanish, English, and Dutch were all unique in their oversea doings, each group acting and reacting in different ways for different reasons than their neighboring explorers.…

The Colombian Exchange and its Effects. The Columbian exchange was a new sea bridge that allowed a transatlantic trade of people, ideas, and goods. It helped the Spaniards bring over Christianity and exposed the New World to many iron technologies such as firearms and pans. Unfortunately, it also brought over many diseases that the Indians had never been exposed to before. The many diseases killed off the Indian population and caused the majority of the descendants to transform from Asians to…

The Voyages of Zheng He According to the book, during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries or 1405 the Imperator in that time named Yongle decided to send an enormous, remarkable , and majesties expeditions that will explorer across new parts of the world and opened a door to a new part of the world by that time known. This expedition was the biggest naval expedition up to that time. This fleet trading ships under the admiral Zheng he who was a eunuch muslin and confident of the imperator…

I am glad to send you a letter. King Ferdinand has wished to reward me with my efforts in his loyal services. I sailed with Columbus in 1493 as a second trip to the new world. I heard of a fountain that gives you youth. I returned home after the trip, wondering if there was such a thing. I quickly forgot about that and built settlement in Hispaniola for further Spanish island colony for Spain. I then heard of gold nearby Puerto Rico, which the king sent me to search for in 1508. I took 50…

How many sailors or those who might perish in this discovery or conquest walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal? Almost two hundred sailors walked through the streets of Lisbon, Portugal to ask God to forgive them. Where did Da Gama sail? “His ship rounded the southern tip of Africa, and entered the Indian Ocean.” Who sponsored him to find a route? “King Manuel the 1st of Portugal asked Da Gama to find a sea route to India.” My paper is going to be about some of the routes Vasco…

The first reason as to why we should not celebrate the voyages of Zheng He is the trips were costly. When you look at map on Document A you can see he traveled in an unusual route, this proves that he was already traveling to well-established ports. It was all planned and he was not traveling to unknown lands, or really discovering anything. During his seven voyages he traveled about 105,300 miles combined, not only is that a long distance to travel but it also costs a lot of money. After all,…