Social Renaissance 5 Flashcards
Circumnavigating
to travel all the way around something
Exploration
travelling through unfamiliar area
Discovery
find something new
Imperialism
extending country’s power through force
Invasion
unwelcome intrusion
Navigation
determining course, position, distance, traveled
Plantations
estate where crops are cultivated
Factors for Exploring
Gold, Glory, God
Expansion of Trade
-Higher demand for luxury goods(spices & clothes)
-Prices increased as item traveled further
-Monarchs financed voyages to expand kingdom(believed obeying Jesus)
Expand Gold Supply & Christianity
-Europeans were running out of gold 7 silver(used to purchase goods)
-Explored to find new sources of goods
Borrowers
-Borrowed ideas & knowledge from other times & places
-Apart of trading networks(expanded oppeness & curiosity)
-Limited knowledge of outside world
-travel books were popular (misinformed)
Maps of World
-Ptolemy’s manuscript was was re-discovered in Renaissance
-Fra Mauro produced map for King of Portugal combining explorer ideas
Prince Henry
-Portugese patron & navigator
-Sponsored voyages along Africa to find gold producing area
-Established center where others could meet & share ideas on navigation
Navigational Devices
Compass- find direction of ship
Astrolabe- used north star or sun to calculate latitude
Cross Staff- measured altitude of pole star above horizon to determine latitude
Back Staff- measured altitude of sun to determine latitude
Portugal Exploration
-Portugal was 1st European country involved in organized exploration
-Hired locals as interpreters
-Sea route around Africa to east established
-Europeans captured and transported Africans to Americas as slaves
-Slavery existed before but was different
