for GOD‚ GOLD and GLORY. Review the Age of Exploration and examine individual occurrences that drove the countries of Western Europe to explore the unknown in the name of GOD‚ GOLD and GLORY! (CHAPTER 19 sec 1 and 20) WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES PORTUGAL DUTCH ENGLAND(3) - chapter 20 section 2 SPAIN (5) - Chapter 20 Section 1 FRANCE(1) - Chapter 20 Section 2 2. Examine other Eras and determine the driving force behind man. a. Abraham and the Hebrew people moved from Mesopotamia to cannan
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non-violent demonstrations‚ revolutionary methods and diplomatic efforts.[1][2] Although Portuguese rule in its Indian colonies ended when India invaded Goa in 1961[3] and incorporated the territories into the Indian Union‚ the annexation was recognized by Portugal only in 1975. ------------------------------------------------- Portuguese Possessions in India Main article: Portuguese India The Portuguese colonized India in 1510‚ conquering many parts of the western coast and establishing several colonies in
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became a militant with FRELIMO‚ a front that had the objective to liberate Mozambique from Portuguese colonial rule. Due to his political activities he was arrested by the colonial authorities and was incarcerated for three years. He studied law in Portugal and worked for some time as a journalist. He was appointed director of President’s office under Samora Machel. Later in 1981‚ he became Secretary of State for culture. He served on the Executive Board of UNESCO from 1987 to 1991 and was chairman
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country in Europe. The countries most interesting border feature is that is has over double the amount of coastline compared to land borders with 3‚084 mi of the country on the water. The country shares its land borders with France to the Northwest and Portugal to the southwest. The climate of Spain is varied as a result of its position above the equator‚ between 36 and 43 degrees North latitude‚ create a wet Spain in the North with mountainous areas‚ with temperatures that average with an average annual
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continuing to 22 ’10 south royal hopes that he would reach the indian ocean were disappointed‚ and nothing more is head. Almost nothing is known about the life of Bartolomeu de Novaes Dias before 1487‚ except that he was at the court of João II‚ king of Portugal‚ and was a superintendent of the royal warehouses. He likely had much more sailing experience than his one recorded stint aboard the warship São Cristóvão. Dias was probably in his mid- to late 30s in 1486 when
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Red’s son‚Leaf Ericson landed on what he called Vinland‚ now Newfoundland Canada‚ a little over a thousand years ago‚ Western European countries really made the push for colonization about five hundred years later. These countries included Spain‚ Portugal‚ England‚ and France. Spain had many explorers and impacts in New World exploration. With a monarchy that was willing to finance and explore‚ Spain found riches in gold through South‚ Central‚ and North America. Of all Spain’s‚ and the world’
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Alfonso 1 of the Kongo Kingdom The king of Portugal had been receiving a series of letters sent by the king of the Kongo‚ Alfonso 1‚ asking that his people would not be taken as slaves anymore. The slaves taken by Portuguese slave traders went on the middle passage to Brazil which had just been colonized. On the voyage the soon to be slaves experienced many diseases such as smallpox and scurvy. The people sent to be slaves on the ships died by the hundreds. Alfonso 1 of the Kongo kingdom had
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Europe. Prominent European states such as England‚ France‚ The Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ and Spain all viewed the New World as a means of expanding their global footprints. While not the West Indies‚ the Americas were understood to possess incalculable amount of natural resources‚ and many of these European states were anxious to take advantage by any means. In South and Central America‚ power struggles between Spain and Portugal would ultimately transform the beautiful continent into a place that‚ for
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upon a wealth of knowledge for the world‚ and specifically for the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal it also brought a lot of wealth. The rivalry between the two kingdoms and need for financial gains led the two to divide the areas of the world where exploration was viable with the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 which divided the lands East of the demarcation line (halfway between the Cape Verde Islands) to Portugal and the lands west of that to Spain. Keeping within these boundaries‚ explorers such as
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important Silk Road and Spice Trade Routes were blocked by the Ottoman Empire by 1453 with the fall of the Byzantine Empire‚ spurring exploration motivated initially by the finding of a sea route around Africa and triggering the Age of Discovery. Portugal Portugal is the pioneer to start sailing and mapping the new world. In 1415‚ Ceuta was occupied by the Portuguese aiming to control navigation of the African coast. Young prince Henry the Navigator was there and became aware of profit possibilities in
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