How Did Vasco Da Gama Influence The Arrival Of Europe

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain looking for a shortcut to Asia. The King and Queen of Spain put the money up for the cost of the journey. He was looking for trade goods that he could sell back in Spain, he took a Catholic priest with him to spread the word of God to the native people of the new lands. These explorations will change the world more between 1400 and 1800, trade, travel, weaponry, and ideas will result in changes that will be seen around the world.

1519: a Spanish armada of five ships set sail that would soon be the first to circumnavigate the globe. Their captain, a Portuguese noble, was an accomplished student of cartography and astronomy. Europe’s cravings for spices sent Columbus to Asia, and into the barrier that was the Americas. Magellan’s expedition sought to find a way through, on a mission to bring a new trade route and immense wealth to Spain. Through the crew’s starvation, two mutinies against him, and his harsh personality and lack of accomplishment, Magellan proved his life was not worth saving.

Events which occurred in the 1500s that began a new era in global connections are, Vasco da Gama sailed across the Arabian Sea and found a cosmopolitan society in Calicut in southern India. Da Gama’s expedition also opened the door to direct maritime trade between European and Asian peoples and helped to establish permanent links between the worlds’s various regions. Ming emperors sponsored expeditions that visited all parts of the Indian Ocean basin. Merchant and military vessels established an Ottoman presence throughout the Indian Ocean. Between 1400 and 1800, European mariners launched exploratory voyages to nearly all of the earth’s waters.

With the inventions of more efficient ships and the perfection of navigational instruments, the Spanish (as well as England and France) gained a curiosity to explore and find a way to Asia by water and

Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries, European exploration and expansion thrived. Portugal led the way in this movement of exploration with their development of efficiently built ships known as caravels, seafaring devices such as compasses and astrolabes, and cutting-edge naval academies. Various European countries, including Spain, England, France, etc., followed Portugal’s example by utilizing their progressive naval technology. These technological advancements led to the crossing of oceans and eventually the circumnavigation of the world. These Portuguese sailing techniques were implemented by explorers such as Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Hernando Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, and Bernal Castillo allowing them to travel by sea to places such as Africa, East Asia, the Caribbean, and the Americas. These nations and explorers were persuaded to put in the time and effort to complete these complex expeditions by three essential motivations. Financial gain, political dignity, and religious expansion were fundamental motivators for the European Age of Exploration.

People living the the 15th century had multiple reasons for venturing beyond its confinement of land. Scientific curiosity of the world played a major part in the advancement of naval travel, but it was not the main cause of exploration in these times. The Age of Exploration was sparked by Europeans wanting to find sea routes to East Asia, which they called the Indies. Merchants and crusaders were bringing goods to Europe from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. These trade routes were controlled by the Muslims and the Italians. However, flaws

journey was to find a new water route to the Indies. If the country spent money on

Although Vasco da Gama sailed around the southern tip of Africa in 1488 to find a trade route to India, he was also looking for other Christian kings and spices. Da Gama was known as “captain-major” to his crew-mates, and he was an ambassador for Prince Henry. When he landed in India, he gave two letters to the king of Calicut. In a cultural misunderstanding, Vasco da Gama tried to give gifts to the king that were laughed at because the poorest merchant would give gifts better than the gift that da Gama gave. Although Vasco da Gama gave the wrong gift to the king, he still

Research Question: The New World was not found in a day! Who are the famous explores from 1492-1550’s?

In the 1500s and the 1600s there were many explorers, Samuel De Champlain was one of them. He was an explorer of the “New World.”

In the mid-fourteenth century, the European population dropped dramatically. This was due to the bubonic plague (also referred to as the "Black Death".) The ruinous plague definitely had some long-term consequences, but not all was lost for the Europeans, seeing the population reduction caused a growing rise in the availability of food. Black Death also caused inheritance money to be given to dead victims' surviving family members. This gave this fighting bunch a chance for a new start. Even though the bubonic plague proved to the Europeans that their world was full of great risks, it still pushed a few just enough to take them. One of those risk takers was Christopher Columbus, a Spanish navigator.

This journal refers to the time of Portuguese discoveries and expansion, as it refers to the first voyage of Vasco da Gama from Africa to India. It is an extremely meaningful document, as it describes the long and troubled voyage to India that in the end of the 15th century this voyage had an impact in global scales in the economic, political, religious, cultural and scientific levels of that time. Moreover, animals, trees and plants, birds, the different events, the arrival to India, contact with people, gifts, war equipments, food, musical and instruments, difficult navigation situations; and so on, that mentioned in the journal can help us to understand the environments at the

On the other side he discovered a vast body of water that he named "South

As the Renaissance inspired new thinking and a greater focus in science, many great advancements were made in technology that pushed them toward exploration. One major improvement was maritime technology. For example, the Portuguese had crafted a new ship that used the European hull with triangle sails from the Middle East. This made sailing easier in strong winds and currents. Another advancement was the invention of the printing press. This allowed explorers to share information about their travels. It also inspired other explorers to try to travel to the same or new places. Due to all of the advancements in science, math, and geography the condition of Europe

Vasco Da Gama was was born in around 1460 to 1524.He was a Portuguese navigator and explorer who lived in Portugal in a tiny coastal town named Sines. He was born in a wealthy and noble family, his father was also a famous explorer, who inspired Vasco Da Gama. Vasco Da Gama discovered an immediate ocean route from Europe to Asia, and he was the first person to sail directly Europe to India. He became famous for sailing to India from Europe by going around Africa on ship and ended up becoming the most famous person from the Age of Discovery.This unimaginable discovery allowed the Portuguese to form a colonial empire in Asia. This discovery created it simpler for the Portuguese Empire to boost its trade which later improved their economy.