Scientific Revolution/Age of Exploration Slide Show

Nicholas Copernicus / A.  Copernican Theory
B.  medicine
C.  mathematics
Galileo Galilei / A.  telescope
B.  differences with the Catholic Church
C.  confirmation of the Copernican Theory
Robert Hooke / A.  compound microscope
B.  Micrographia and “cell”
C.  after the Great Fire of London
Isaac Newton / A.  gravity
B.  light and the spectrum
C.  laws of Motion
Francis Bacon / A.  Scientific Method
B.  Parliament and political life
C.  Strange death
Andreas Vesalius / A.  dissection
B.  anatomy

C.  De Humani Corporis Fabrica

Edward Jenner / A.  smallpox and cowpox
B.  vaccination
C.  How did people react to his ideas?
Anton Van
Leeuwenhoek / A.  microscope
B.  observations
C.  Royal Society
Amerigo Vespucci / A.  mouth of the Amazon “discovery”
B.  exact longitude
C.  Why are two continents named after him?
Henry Hudson / A.  northwest passage
B.  Hudson River/Bay
C.  death of Hudson
Christopher Columbus / A.  How did he finance his trip?
B.  four different voyages
C.  success of trip –did he achieve his goal?
Francis Drake / A.  pirate life
B.  circumnavigated the globe
C.  fights with the Spanish
Hernando Cortes / A.  life as a conquistador
B.  fall of Tenochtitlan/Aztecs
C.  treatment of Montezuma
Hernando
De Soto / A.  Governor of Cuba
B.  attack of Florida
C.  treasure hunt in U.S./Mississippi
Samual de Champlain / A.  St. Lawrence exploration
B.  Lake Champlain
C.  settlement of New France/Quebec
Ponce deLeon / A.  “discovery” of Florida
B.  fountain of youth?
C.  Puerto Rico
Jacques Cartier / A.  “discovery of St. Lawrence”
B.  search for northwest passage
C.  Montreal, Quebec, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island
Ferdinand Magellan / A.  circumnavigation
B.  Straits of Magellan
C.  death in the Philippines
Vasco Nunez de Balboa / A.  sighting the Pacific
B.  crossing Panama
C.  death of Balboa
Giovanni da Verrazano / A.  purpose of voyage
B.  encounters with natives
C.  area explored
John Cabot / A.  financing his voyage
B.  purpose of trip – did he achieve his goal?
C.  places visited and mapped
James Cook / A.  astronomy
B.  exploration of the South Seas
C.  sanitation and health of his crew
Vasco da Gama / A.  route to India
B.  life aboard his ship
C.  problems with trade
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado / A.  political life
B.  search for treasure
C.  interactions with Native Americans
Fransisco Pizarro / A.  Invasion/fall of Incas
B.  Treatment of Atahualpa
C.  Death of Pizarro
“Bloody” Mary Tudor / A.  Marriage to Phillip
B.  Restoration of Catholicism and “bloody” nickname
C.  Relationship with Elizabeth
Henry VIII / A.  6 wives and children
B.  divorce
C.  split from Catholic Church
Queen Elizabeth I / A.  “marriage” and suitors
B.  religious beliefs
C.  Spanish Armada