Paragraph 1.5 - Other Europeans discover the world - 2021

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 Europeans discover the world

At the end of the lesson you will know/be able to…

• Explain what happened when Europeans discovered land
  
• What the French discovered and whether it brought them profit
  
• Who Francis Drake was and what he did
  
• What pirate with a licence is
  
• Compare the Dutch and French discovers and their motives
  
• Read the symbolism in one of Miss den Boer favourite paintings
  

Exercise 7 b, c and d

Facts

 number 1: the four ships Columbus got from the king of Spain

number 2: Spanish soldiers you can recognise from their helmets

 number 4: the naked Indians, so he described in his journals.

Fiction

 numbers 3 and 5

You don’t know where Columbus got his gifts: It is maybe a bit strange the Indians brought them to strangers on the beach. In the background you see Indians running away - they seem afraid. You don’t know if that is true either. 

The explorers also wanted to spread the Christian religion. In the source you can see the sailors erecting a cross, the symbol of Christianity.

Exercise 8 b

Vasco da Gama was exploring a sea route to Asia traveling east, and he already knew half of the way thanks to Bartolomeo Dias. He had additional help from an experienced Indian sailor. Columbus wanted to sail to Asia by finding a western route over the Atlantic. He had no help on his trip, nobody had taken this route before.

Which of the following answers finds best with the picture?

1. The Dutch Revolt and the birth of an independent Dutch state
2. The Renaissance and a changing worldview
3. The Protestant Reformation
4. The start of European overseas expansion

Discovering the world

• Portuguese, Spanish, French, English and then the Dutch
  
• All built trading posts and fortresses
  
• Spain: first to circumnavigating the world and South America
  
• France: North America (Canada)
  
• England: California
  
• The Republic of the United Netherlands: Nova Zembla, Australia, New Zealand and Easter Island
  

SI! The Spanish 

Read ‘ Circumnavigating the world’ (TB 22)

If Magellan thought the trip from Cape Horn to Asia
would only take a few days, he naturally got into trouble
when the voyage took much longer.
Name at least three problems he would have encountered.

Cartier

Read 'The founding of Nouvelle France' (TB 23)

The French also wanted to find a trade route to Asia.

1. True
2. False

In some parts of Canada, the official language is still French.

1. True
2. False

Cartier was successful in completing all parts of his mission.

1. True
2. False

Fur trade was not really a lucrative business.

1. True
2. False

The French copied the Portuguese and built defences to secure their
trade posts and routes.

1. True
2. False

Buccaneer: licenced to 

pirate 

• Francis Drake; a girls dream, a boys wish
  
• Read ‘Sir Francis Drake’ (TB 23)
  

Statements that can be checked whether they are true or false

What someone thinks about a certain thing, without proof

A statement for or against something, to support your opinion

Fact

Argument

Opinion

Sir Francis Drake was a decorated war hero for England.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Drake was able to circumnavigate the world

1. Fact
2. Opinion

The Spanish king hated Sir Francis Drake.

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Francis Drake lay the foundations for the British Empire

1. Fact
2. Opinion

Make exercise 5 (WB 31)

Exercise 5c

• For historians, this source is very useful, because it is a very good example of how strong the English felt after beating the Spanish armada.
• For historians this source is not very useful,  because it only gives you the English point of view after the Spanish defeat; it is clearly biased.
  

The Dutch

Read together ‘The first Dutch voyage to the Indies’ and ‘Spending the winter on Nova Zembla’ (p.25 TB)

Who did best in exploring the world and making trading worldwide in the 15th century?

Portugues

Spanish

French

English

Dutch

To do

Make exercise 7, 10 and 11 (WB 32-4)