Origins and Motives of the Age of Exploration
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The search for direct maritime routes to Asia.
The following is from a 1453 letter by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini regarding the fall of Constantinople: 'The Ottoman power, grown so great by our neglect, now threatens our very existence. The trade routes to the East, once open through the grace of the Greeks, are now shuttered by the infidel, making the spices of the Indies as dear as gold.' The situation described most directly led to...
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Examine the technological, economic, and religious factors that drove European maritime expansion during the 15th and 16th centuries.
Origins and Motives of the Age of Exploration
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The search for direct maritime routes to Asia.
The following is from a 1453 letter by Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini regarding the fall of Constantinople: 'The Ottoman power, grown so great by our neglect, now threatens our very existence. The trade routes to the East, once open through the grace of the Greeks, are now shuttered by the infidel, making the spices of the Indies as dear as gold.' The situation described most directly led to...
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Examine the technological, economic, and religious factors that drove European maritime expansion during the 15th and 16th centuries.