The Age of Exploratio by Mr Hernandez

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The Age of Exploratio

Published on May 17, 2019

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The Age of Exploration

& The New World

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magnetic compass

Invention that facilitated accurate maritime exploration

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Columbus and the New World

Christopher Columbus accidentally "discovers" the Americas

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Amerigo Vespucci

Discovered a new continent South of the Americas

Photo by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL

Cartography

The use of trigonometry (math) to make accurate maps

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Columbian Exchange

A triangular trade between Europe, America, and Africa

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Triangular Trade

precious metals
animals
spices
crops
diseases
slaves

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colony

A piece of territory of a country in foreign land

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capitalism

Free market economic system that allows the exchange of goods

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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

Forced immigration of African people
Demographic change in Americas
Beginning of slavery in new world

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