Explorers from Portugal

Wha was the impact of Da Gama's voyages?

-They discovered the sea route to the East -Trade links - African rulers -Improved knowledge of Africa -Built large empired in Asia,Brazil + south America -Broke the Muslim control of Spices, normal people could afford them

1: Prince Henry the navigator

1394-1460. He stared the Portuguese explorations. In 1415, he helped capture Ceuta in Morocco. He wanted to spread Christianity, he hoped to join w/Prester John to defeat Portugals Mulim enemies. He se up Sagres (south Portugal), a school for mapmakers, navigators, sailors and shipbuilders. He sponsored voyages which discovered Madeira+Azores. By the time he died, over 2400km of the African coast had been mapped.

Bartholomew Diaz

1450-1500. In 1487, he led an expedition of 3 ships down the African coast. He wanted to go around the tip of Africa and reach Asia. He got caught in a storm and lost sight of land for 13 days, when storm ended, realised that he rounded the tip of Africa. He was the first European to enter the Indian Ocean, he wanted to keep sailing to Asia but there was a shortage of food so they had to turn around. Called the tip of Africa Cape of Storms but the king John 2nd renamed it the Cape of Good Hope

Vasco Da Gama

1460-1524. In 1497, He left Lisbon w/3 ships to sail to the East. He sailed to the Atlantic but he lost sight of land for 3 months. He rounded the Cape of Good Hope, on x-mas day landed on the coast of Africa and named it Natal. May, 1498, reached Calicut, India. Major trading port, loaded ship w/spices. Return journey, 3 months, many of crew died of scurvy. Returned 1499

Who were the main Portuguese explorers?

1: Prince Henry the navigator 2: Bartholomew Diaz 3: Vasco Da Gama

Cartographer

A map maker

Portolan map

A map of coastlines

Controlling the Spice trade

Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route to the east. In 1500, Pedro Cabral se sail for India w/13 ships. Blown off course, discovered Brazil. When Cabral reached Calicut, established trade links. Later, Portuguese expeditions fought Muslim rulers and captured Goa, India and the main port of the Spice Islands