Exploration & the Columbian Exchange
European exploration motives, Columbian Exchange, disease impact, and maritime technology
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🚢 Exploration & the Columbian Exchange
Study European exploration motives (God, gold, glory), Portuguese and Spanish exploration, the Columbian Exchange (crops, animals, diseases), devastating impact of smallpox on indigenous populations, maritime technology (caravel, astrolabe), and the Treaty of Tordesillas.
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