...The Age of Exploration was a time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new trade routes to China and India. Instead, they discovered North and South America by the Europeans. This had both positive and negative impacts on Europe. The Age of Exploration brought together Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. There were to main types of exchange; Biological and Cultural. In the Biological exchange they traded plants, animals, and diseases. In the Cultural exchange they traded goods, technology, and ideas. The exchanges began to affect every continent. During the middle ages a few European missionaries traveled to China to introduce ideas about Christianity. During the Europrean's Age of Exploration they traveled to...
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...During the years 1400 through 1600, Europe wanted to trade with asian countries. They were blocked off the trading route due to the spread of the Ottoman empire. They started to travel around Africa to get to the Indian ocean, but eventually started to colonize the Americas following Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the Americas. There was a scientific revolution during this time and the Enlightenment also challenged traditional ideas. Due to the Age of exploration there were many changes to the Ancient Americas old society, Incas and Aztecs. Environment was highly affected during this time. The Age of Exploration affected the environment by producing nutritional value in Afro-Eurasia; However there were spread of diseases and the Little ice...
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...The Age of Exploration was an era where wealthy Europeans travelled to the New World to establish colonies for their mother country. They made discoveries crucial to life as it is known today; however, some of these revelations were only made because of questionable choices. These choices are unacceptable based on modern ideals. While the achievements European explorers made during the Age of Exploration were essential to modern life, they should not be glorified, as their actions resulted in the deprivation of the natives’ religious freedom, were relentlessly and unnecessarily violent, and spread deadly European diseases. To begin, it is necessary to speak of the obvious deprivation of religious freedom. Different groups of Europeans blatantly disregarded the Natives’...
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...The Age of Exploration was an era where wealthy Europeans travelled to the New World to establish colonies for their mother country, and a time of competition and tension between many of these European countries. They made discoveries essential to life as it is known today. However, some of these revelations were only made because of questionable choices. These choices are unacceptable based on modern ideals. While the achievements European explorers made during the Age of Exploration were essential to the development of modern life, they should not be glorified because while attempting to establish colonies, they deprived the natives of their religious freedom, was relentlessly and unnecessarily violent, and spread their diseases. To begin, it is necessary to speak of the obvious deprivation of religious freedom. Different groups of...
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...The Age of Exploration was when two worlds were brought together. European explorers were able to discover the New World for many different explanations. Their act produced great changes for both worlds the cause of the Age of Exploration were gold glory, and god. Throughout the year they establish a new world and in the new world there were positive and negative aspect of them. The negative aspect were slave trade, European disease, and racism. Alost h positive about the new world was navigation increased, expansion of wealth and power and exchanging of goods. There were many causes and effects from the Age of Exploration. In the years European began to build stronger, faster sailing ships and help increase their population and help others....
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...The Age of Exploration took place from the 15th through 17th century. European explorers combined the Old and New Worlds through the Age of Exploration. The causes of the Age of Exploration resulted in the colonization of the New World. Religion, leadership, and money also known as God, Glory, and Gold were the causes of the Age of Exploration. Even though the Age of Exploration appears to have a good connotation it had some negative effects. The positive effects of the Age of Exploration had to do with people taking action. During the Age of Exploration there were many negative effects such as disease, slavery, and war, however, there were also many positive ones that still have an effect on the world today. The Age of Exploration was a very...
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...The Age of Exploration took place in the 1400’s to the 1700’s. These voyages took place because they wanted to acquire money, fame, and spread Christianity. Christopher Columbus was driven from competition to make his voyage in 1492. He sailed west across the Atlantic to look for a quicker trade route to Asia. He did not reach Asia, but instead found the Caribean. After his voyage more countries began to send explorers to the Americas in order to claim land for the mother country and make money. Ferdinand Magellan made the courageous exploration in 1519 and was the first person to circumnavigate the world. This was a very important discovery because it proved that the world was not flat and that there was more land to be explored. European explorers from the Age of Exploration should continue to be celebrated because they spread their culture, brought trade, and advanced the developments...
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...Age of Exploration Essay The rise of nation states was when kings from multiple small kingdoms fought each other in wars against their kingdoms until there was one left in charge of all the kingdoms. This was happening in many areas of Europe, from this arose nations such as England, Spain, Dutch, French, and the Portuguese. The rise of nation states caused the age of exploration because leaders of the new found nation states had more wealth than ever before and were able to fund bigger, and better voyages. The leaders chose to fund the voyages for various reasons such as: the spread of christianity, the hunt for riches, or to get new territory and resources. The spread of christianity was a main focus because almost all of Europe was Catholic...
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...Once isolated New and Old societies were brought together through a new age that would resonate through history generation after generation. This being the Age of Exploration, occurring during the early 1400’s through the middle 1750’s. There were several causes of the Age of Exploration which in turn produced both positive and negative effects of the colonization of the New World. The initial driving forces of this age were trade, religion, and land claims. These motives eventually created issues of cruel treatment of natives and foreign slaves and financial difficulties. Nevertheless, many positive effects tooks place such as introduction of new products, colonization, and economical advancements. The motives and effects of the Age of Exploration and expansion to the New World between the 1400’s and 1700’s definitely made a significant impact to our various modern ways of life....
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...Comrade Compass is the character who wanders around the entire park. He knows the layout of Exploration Fixation like the back of his hand and is always helping the guest get to where they want to go. If you are lost Comrade is the one to go to. His needle is always pointed west, representative of how the explorers were always looking for more land, more resources, and more wealth in the frontiers of the New World. He can discuss his role in the Age of Exploration along with the other technological innovations. Not only this, but Comrade Compass is very adept in all the motivators for European exploration such as: wealth, religion, and glory. Along with being very helpful, Comrade is the character that perfectly captures the overall theme of the park. New Spain The four different sections of the park are based off of the locations in which the European countries sent their explorers. The New Spain section is designed to look...
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...9-803-127 REV: DECEMBER 2, 2010 NANCY F. KOEHN Leadership in Crisis: Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance For scientific discovery give me Scott; for speed and efficiency of travel give me Amundsen; but when disaster strikes and all hope is gone, get down on your knees and pray for Shackleton. — Sir Raymond Priestley, Antarctic Explorer and Geologist On January 18, 1915, the ship Endurance, carrying a highly celebrated British polar expedition, froze into the icy waters off the coast of Antarctica. The leader of the expedition, Sir Ernest Shackleton, had planned to sail his boat to the coast through the Weddell Sea, which bounded Antarctica to the north, and then march a crew of six men, supported by dogs and sledges, to the Ross Sea on the opposite side of the continent (see Exhibit 1).1 Deep in the southern hemisphere, it was early in the summer, and the Endurance was within sight of land, so Shackleton still had reason to anticipate reaching shore. The ice, however, was unusually thick for the ship’s latitude, and an unexpected southern wind froze it solid around the ship. Within hours the Endurance was completely beset, a wooden island in a sea of ice. More than eight months later, the ice still held the vessel. Instead of melting and allowing the crew to proceed on its mission, the ice, moving with ocean currents, had carried the boat over 670 miles north.2 As it moved, the ice slowly began to soften, and the tremendous force of distant currents...
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...The Age of Exploration was a era from the early 15th century to the late 17th century, in which European explorers searched for better trade routes to support the growth of capitalism. During this time, countries were conquered by the English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and the Belgians (Main ones). The natives of these countries would suffer unimaginable atrocities against them. Conquerors would enslave them, kill children, kill them, and just generally be aggressive for dominance. The Age of Exploration had adverse effects on conquered lands such as destruction of culture and the mass genocide of natives. However, it pushed the development of modern civilizations and fueled the rise of capitalism. In 1492, Christopher Columbus found...
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...The Age of Exploration was a time period when the Europeans sailed the oceans in order to find new trade routes. As a result, the Europeans stumble upon the New World. They established colonies in the New World and conquer the Native Americans that were living there. The Europeans goal was to become the most powerful and richest country in Europe. The Age of Exploration had both negative effects and positive effects. Although there were negative effects on the Native Americans, there were more positive effects on the Europeans. The Age of Exploration was due to Europeans sailing west in order to find new trade routes. However, instead of finding new trade routes they found an unknown place. That unknown place was the New World or the Americas. European sailors such as Christopher Columbus...
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...Case Study of “EPIC OF SURVIVAL – Ernest Shackleton’s Voyage to the South Pole” By Reuben Q. Binasoy, SILVER Group, UB EMBA Intake 17 I. Most Compelling Facts / Main Learning Points a. The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition started out on August 8, 1914. The last of the crew members were rescued on August 30, 1916. More than 2 years after they had set out – in the face of the many dangers they faced during the failed expedition – Shackleton mustered together the courage, willpower, wit, & leadership and brought each and every member back home alive. b. Shackleton assembled a group of men that were willing to go with him on a hazardous journey. They were paid little, there were long months of complete darkness, and constant danger. Safe return was doubtful. The only thing they would have gotten out of it was honor and recognition. Other people would have thought them desperate or crazy. Yet it’s most likely the allure of being in a Shackleton expedition that made them go anyway. Such was the power that Shackleton wielded over them. c. Ernest Shackleton provides a very good contrast vs. Rob Hall and Steve Fischer – group leaders of the 1996 Mt. Everest tragedy. While all 3 can be said to have both formal and personal power, Shackleton was able to harness his power effectively to rally the crew to survival. His crew had well-defined roles and responsibilities. They were a team with a common overriding goal – that of survival. d. Shackleton put his people first. Yes, he was...
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...Leadership in Crisis Ernest Shackleton and the Epic Voyage of the Endurance 3/10/2014 aFriendInNeed Situation Overview: Shackleton sailed with 27 men from South Georgia Island on a British Polar expedition into South Atlantic aboard the ship called Endurance. The south pole had been recently reached in 1911. The goal of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition was to become the first explorers to land on the Antarctic continent as well as cross it. The original plan was to sail Endurance through the Weddell Sea and then use dogs and sledges to support the crew of six men to march on the opposite side of Antarctica. However, their ship became trapped in the pack ice of the Weddell Sea, before they could reach the Antarctic coast. For more than eight months, they drifted helplessly with the ocean currents that carried them to over 670 miles north. Attempts were made to free the ship at times when cracks appeared in the ice nearby, but it was of no avail. The ice around the ship was thick and solid. The wooden timbers of the Endurance, unable to withstand the pressure from the ice, eventually gave up, and massive plates of ice crushed it. Shackleton ordered his members of the expedition to take shelter on the ice floes surrounding the ship. They were able to retrieve three lifeboats and as many provisions and supplies as they could from the ship wreckage before it sank. For the next six months, the floating ice became the crew's home. They were now isolated on the drifting...
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