Age of Exploration and Discovery, 1450s - 1650s

Ships

This new technology advance the World Exploration because people began to discover, trade and became globalization.

Ships evolved to modern times by becoming stronger, faster, smarter and sturdy.

Winds

Winds were used to navigate and to spot storms during the exploration

The wind evolved to modern times by studying on the wind and create systems to locate the weather for a month

Maps

Maps were showing the reflection of the World. At that time, the map wasn't full because people were not discovering other places.

Maps have evolved when people start to discover the whole world.

Navigation

Navigation helped advance the World Exploration by directing the course of where they were going.

Navigation evolved by becoming a system that easily direct people all over the world to where ever people want to go.

Guns

Guns was to overpower or protect from people. It was made of gun powder with a single shot. Guns were too advance for the rest of the continents.

Guns evolved to become a more machinery weapon and tool for hunting and etc. We have people to show how we can improve on them.

After 100 years from Columbus Voyage, Spanish conquered much Americas

Europeans discover Africa in the 15th Century.

Some Africans were sold into slavery for guns and etc. The treatment wasn't quite pleasant.

In the 14th to the 17th centuries was The Renaissance era over Europe.

The Treatment of the natives were neutral because it was no violence or struggle on them trading and teaching christianity.

In the early 1500s Spanish explorers explored most of Central and South America.

They made natives work for them. The treatment was unfair or wrong towards the natives.

Diseases (sea sick)

People can become Scurvy from lack o knowledge.

People know to have abudant of food and get a lot of vitamin C while traveling.

Hunger

People wasn't sure how long they were going to travel so sometimes they have less food.

We know to have more than enough because you don't want to be like that.

Navigation

They didn't have accurate navigation system.

We have a pretty go accurate navigation system everywhere.

Life on the ship

It was uncomfortable, easily to break, it was rough.

We made it comfortable and more enjoyable to be on a ship.

Storms

Them old ships were easy to wreck in storms and kill lives.

Ships are strong enough and safe to endure storms. We have navigation system to tell us if a storm is coming.

Tea

In certain areas, it was grew naturally an it became accustom for drinking.

Tea trade was a major cause of the First Opium War between China and Great Britain.

The Manifacture of paper

The First person to make paper from wood pulp.

It became norm and was a good trade sell and people to write on.

Wood-block printing

Allowed multiple images or texts to be printed.

A major influence on the development of the modern printing press.

The Compass

To have accurate navigation.

It allow them to navigate water and land.

Gunpowder

Used for fireworks originally but later for military purposes.

The first chemical explosive in recorded history and was first discovered in the 9th century by chinese alchemists.

Ships

Faster and stronger transportation.

Explorers used square sails that sail quickly with the wind behind them.

Spain

Franciso Pizarro

He Conquered the Incan Empire.

Hernan Cortes

He conquered the Aztec Empire in 1519 and built Mexico City.

Hernando de Soto

SubtopicHe travled most of the southern half of the modern United States.

Portugal

Vasca da Gama

Discover Brazil and also established a successful sea route to India.

Black Explorers

Juan Garrido

He was apart of the Imvasion of Mexico with Hernando Cortes.

The Nino Brothers

The brothers were the pilot of Santa Mariain 1942 for Christopher Columbus.

China

Zheng He

He fleet admiral diring China's early Ming Dynasty. Zheng commanded expeditionary voyages to Southeast Asia, Sputh Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433.