Encounter with the West
ENCOUNTER WITH THE WEST 10. THE TRAIDING ROUTE
• In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages, the Europeans, while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims, were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold, jewels, silk, perfumes, especially spices like:
*pepper *onions
*ginger *nutmeg
*garlic is the most important items of trade from East.
• Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve meat during winter time.
• The fall of Constantinople and emergence of the Ottoman Turks closed the former trade routes to the East, causing the monarchs and navigators of Europe to find new routes across the seas.
• The Portuguese were a few years ahead of the Spaniards in the discovery of new trade routes.
11. EARLY VOYAGE TO ASIA
• Inspired by Prince Henry, the Navigator, Portuguese navigators sailed down the African coast to reach East.
• In 1487, led by Bartolome Dias, the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope. A few years later, Vasco de Gama reached Calicut, India, by sailing Eastward from the cape.
• The end of the reconquistas in 1492, paved the way for great voyages including the discovery of the New World (America) for Spain.
• Christopher Columbus, who had failed to convince the King of Portugal that he could reach the east by sailing westward, was able to get the support of the Spanish crown.
12. THE DIVISION OF THE WORLD
• After the remarkable voyages, Portugal and Spain became keen rivals in colonizing new lands. European adventurer made daring voyages and sought new land riches.
• On May 3, 1493, Pope Alexander VI, attempting to settle the rivalry, issued a papal bull known as Inter Caetera.
• Pope decreed that the Spanish zone of exploration should be west of the imaginary line drawn north to south, 100 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands.
• All the east of the demarcation line should belong to Portugal.
• The demarcation line
• In the last two centuries of the Middle Ages, the Europeans, while regaining the Holy Land from the Muslims, were able to establish commerce with the Orient through trade routes. The goods the Europeans wanted were gold, jewels, silk, perfumes, especially spices like:
*pepper *onions
*ginger *nutmeg
*garlic is the most important items of trade from East.
• Owning to the desire of the Europeans to enhance the taste of food and to preserve meat during winter time.
• The fall of Constantinople and emergence of the Ottoman Turks closed the former trade routes to the East, causing the monarchs and navigators of Europe to find new routes across the seas.
• The Portuguese were a few years ahead of the Spaniards in the discovery of new trade routes.
11. EARLY VOYAGE TO ASIA
• Inspired by Prince Henry, the Navigator, Portuguese navigators sailed down the African coast to reach East.
• In 1487, led by Bartolome Dias, the Portuguese rounded the Cape of Good Hope. A few years later, Vasco de Gama reached Calicut, India, by sailing Eastward from the cape.
• The end of the reconquistas in 1492, paved the way for great voyages including the discovery of the New World (America) for Spain.
• Christopher Columbus, who had failed to convince the King of Portugal that he could reach the east by sailing westward, was able to get the support of the Spanish crown.
12. THE DIVISION OF THE WORLD
• After the remarkable voyages, Portugal and Spain became keen rivals in colonizing new lands. European adventurer made daring voyages and sought new land riches.
• On May 3, 1493, Pope Alexander VI, attempting to settle the rivalry, issued a papal bull known as Inter Caetera.
• Pope decreed that the Spanish zone of exploration should be west of the imaginary line drawn north to south, 100 leagues west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands.
• All the east of the demarcation line should belong to Portugal.
• The demarcation line