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*WHO? The Portuguese monarchs and Prince the Navigator organised various expeditions.*(the first voyages of Portugal) * WHAT COUNTRY? Portugal * WHEN? From the early 15th century * WHICH WAY? Around the coast of Africa
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IN THE EARLY 15TH CENTURY PORTUGAL LOOKS FOR A NEW SEA ROUTES
*In 1418: The Madeira Islands were discovered. by various expeditions* *In 1431: The Azores Islands were discovered.
The lands discovered Bartolomeu Dias opening the sea route to the Indian Ocean. + Bartolomeu rounded the Cape of Good Hope. * In 1498: + Vasco de Gama reached India. + Vasco discovered a new route between Europe and Asia which didnt go through the territories controlled by the Turks.
* In 1488:+
*Established trading post along new routes. *Portugal became a world power. * Portugal created a great empire. * The Castilians decided to sail towards the west
across first the Atlantic ocean and after the Pacific ocean.
* THE SPANIARDS
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SPAIN AND PORTUGAL, GREAT RIVALS, IN THE THE SEARCH FOR NEW ROUTES TO INDIA
This plan or new route was very risky because: + The crossing the oceans were terrifying. + This new route involved sailing a long way . into unknown waters or new route.
In this new route the navigation system is not cabotage but open sea.
* The Portuguese decided to sail towards the east around the coast of Africa * This new route was less risky than new Spanish route.
*Who was he? A Genoese sailor called Chirstopher Columbus. *What theory he based his project? He thought that the world was round
although some people still believed that it was flat. * What was his project? He was convinced he could reach the eastern coast of Asia by crossing the Atlantic Ocean. *The Catholic Monarchs finance the expedition * What characteristics had his first expedition? BEFORE THE FIRST EXPEDITIONS
*The expedition was of ninety sailors *The expedition had three ships called: the
Pinta, the Nia and the Santa Maria *The expedition left the port of Palos de la Frontera, in Huelva. * His first voyage during several weeks from the 3rd August to 12th October 1492: little more than 5 weeks .
* In these voyages the territories were colonized and established the dominion of Castilian, exploring other new territories.
* On the second , was found a faster and safer route to America * On his last two voyages,
AFTER THE FIRST EXPEDITIONS OR THE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY: 1492
and South America.
he explored part of the coast of Central
In 1504 he returned to Spain , from his fourth voyage which will be the last because he died two years later (1506).