DISCOVERIES AND CONQUEST

Chapter 5

Discoveries and Conquest

Alexander the Great and the accounts of the crusaders European medieval knowledge of the Orient.

Discoveries and Conquest

To know more about the Orient Demands for Oriental products like gold, silver, sugar, milk, silk and spices became another factor. Spices became expensive. These demands brought about the development of long trade route from Asia. Muslim traders dominated all maritime routes.

Discoveries and Conquest

Venetians were the first to monopolize trade in Asia until the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Barring the Europeans for a land route going to Asia.

Discoveries and Conquest

The Venetian monopoly forced the Europeans to look for an alternative route to Asia the sea route.

European Explorations

Portugal set the trend in seamanship and boatbuilding. Prince Henry the Navigator establish a navigational school to encourage the voyagers.

European Explorations

Bartholomew Diaz successfully rounded the southernmost tip of Africa. (Cape Storm later on named Cape of Good Hope)

European Explorations

Vasco de Gama rounded the cape and reached India. Winning the wealth and

spices of the East.

Spain

Conquest and colonization rather than trade.