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The Age of Exploratio

Published on May 17, 2019

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The Age of Exploration

& The New World
Photo by Jamie Fenn
2.

magnetic compass

Invention that facilitated accurate maritime exploration
Photo by Garrett Sears
3.

Columbus and the New World

Christopher Columbus accidentally "discovers" the Americas
Photo by Sophie Louisnard
4.

Amerigo Vespucci

Discovered a new continent South of the Americas
Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL
5.

Cartography

The use of trigonometry (math) to make accurate maps
Photo by Himesh Kumar Behera
6.

Columbian Exchange

A triangular trade between Europe, America, and Africa
Photo by Ben Sutherland
7.

Triangular Trade

  • precious metals
  • animals
  • spices
  • crops
  • diseases
  • slaves
Photo by Ben Sutherland
8.

colony

A piece of territory of a country in foreign land
Photo by Craig Sybert
9.

capitalism

Free market economic system that allows the exchange of goods
Photo by John McArthur
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

  • Forced immigration of African people
  • Demographic change in Americas
  • Beginning of slavery in new world
Photo by Tasha Jolley

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