exploratiin Flashcards
What desire did the Renaissance create that influenced exploration?
A desire to know more about the world
This desire led to figures like Drake circumnavigating the world.
What motivated Elizabethans to explore during the Elizabethan period?
Factors such as trade, wealth, adventure, new routes, and trade with Asia
These factors combined to encourage exploration and privateering.
How did trade influence Elizabethan exploration?
Conflict with Spain led merchants to seek new, undisturbed trading places
The control of the Netherlands by Spain affected the cloth trade, prompting exploration.
What was the Triangular Trade?
The trade route between England, Africa, and the Americas
English merchants exploited the existing African slave trade to establish this trade.
What treasures did explorers report from the Americas?
Precious metals and crops
These reports persuaded investors to fund voyages to the Americas.
Who was hired by Queen Elizabeth to find and steal wealth from Spain’s colonies?
Sir Francis Drake
Drake was a privateer who played a significant role in Elizabethan exploration.
What inspired young Elizabethan men to voyage to the Americas?
Accounts of explorers like Sir Walter Raleigh
They were motivated by desires for treasure, fame, and wealth.
What was the North-West Passage?
A believed faster route around North America to the Far East
Although it was not discovered until 1845, it inspired exploration of the American coastline.
What efforts were made to find a direct trade route to Asia?
Attempts by individuals such as Sir Martin Frobisher and Ralph Fitch
Fitch encouraged the establishment of the East India Company in 1600.
What new products were brought to England from Asia?
Silk and spices
Although trade with Asia was small initially, it prospered in the future.
True or False: Many Elizabethan explorers found great wealth on their voyages.
False
Many explorers faced dangers and did not find the treasure they sought.
