Lecture 14 - European expansion

Terms

• The Bubonic Plague - arrived 1341 in Italy, in Spain, Paris, and England by 1348. Killed up to 35% of population. Killed people in 24 hours.
  
• Christopher Columbus
• Renaissance
• Portolan Chart - careful maps of coastlines
  
• Henry the Navigator - King of Portugal
• Empire of Mali
• Mansa Musa - greatest king of Empire of Mali
• Great Zimbabwe - East African kingdom
• Ferdinand Magellan - Spanish explorer
• Potosi - Peruvian silver
• Cog - type of sailing vessel
• Carrack - sailing vessel (Santa Maria example)
• These were different than any previous empires, because they were seaborne. Driven by religion, greed for gold, and glory.