Title: A Brief History of the Age of Exploration
Headings: A Brief History of the Age of Exploration
A Brief History of the Age of Exploration
The age of exploration brought about discoveries and advances
Impact of the Age of Exploration
The Birth of the Age of Exploration
The Discovery of the New World
Opening the Americas
The End of the Era
Contributions to Science
Long-Term Impact

Content: Impact of the Age of Exploration
Explorers learned more about areas such as Africa and the Americas and brought that knowledge back to Europe. Massive wealth accrued to European colonizers due to trade in goods, spices, and precious metals. Methods of navigation and mapping improved, switching from traditional portolan charts to the world's first nautical maps. New food, plants, and animals were exchanged between the colonies and Europe. Indigenous people were decimated by Europeans, from a combined impact of disease, overwork, and massacres. The workforce needed to support the massive plantations in the New World, led to the trade of enslaved people, which lasted for 300 years and had an enormous impact on Africa. The impact persists to this day, with many of the world's former colonies still considered the "developing" world, while colonizers are the First World countries, holding a majority of the world's wealth and annual income. The Birth of the Age of Exploration
Many nations were looking for goods such as silver and gold, but one of the biggest reasons for exploration was the desire to find a new route for the spice and silk trades. The capture and sacking of Constantinople by Turkish troops under Mohammed II, 29th May 1453. The Turkish victory marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the rise of the Ottomans.