Origins of European exploration in the Americas

In the late 1400s, several developments in Europe paved the way for European exploration in the Americas. In this video, Kim Kutz Elliott discusses how Portugal led the charge with new navigation technology, and how the unification of Spain set the stage for Columbus's voyage in 1492.

[msnh]

Who else here because of school lmfaoo

[capacraft]

when Constantine (the white spot that the arrow went through) fell, the conquerors banned Europe from the Indian spice trade, which meant they had to find another route leading to the discovery of the new world.
So modern and ancient history is sometimes divided at the fall of Constantine.

[jess]

love these videos! The visuals and maps are extremely helpful.

[sawdawn]

The BEST lesson I have yet to come across on the reason behind the route that spawned the "easterlies"! Thank you,

[zombie]

I love how there's like a bunch of random adults complementing the video and then theres the occasional danganronpa fan saying GUNDHAM TANAKA

[darkfang]

My teacher didn't order the questions in the way we found the answer...

[noaweinberger]

I’m scrolling through the comments instead of watching this lol

[akdrummer]

Should people looking to study for AP US history on their own use this course. Would anyone recommend it?

[anissapooh]

Who can write me a summary of this video?

[rodferro]

at 6:15
those aren't the Canary Islands..

[MaxWilliams-fvfw]

I wonder if vikings from further north ever made contact with the americas before their more southern european counterparts?

[sanicmaniac]

I found an error. On the map at 6:00, it says *Guinea, * but that's actually *Guinea-Bissau.*
(I'm not old enough to leave comments on Khan Academy, so I'm putting it here)

[marizlorp]

Tell me I’m not the only 7th grader watching this rn and hates my life-

[dmartinez]

They make it sound wrong that Spain wanted it conquered territory back.

[PunmasterSTP]

Canary? More like "Can't quite carry" the mouse pointer to the actual islands.

But in all seriousness, I think this is still a good video, and Khan Academy's stuff is awesome!

[ПавелВакула-ьц]

Very beautiful and interesting, and most importantly, cognitive for children.

[Paul-rv]

For the Japanese, the all world was built just by Japan, China and India, until the Portuguese arrive and the world openned to them.

[chissstardestroyer]

I do appreciate this summary; and history, true history that is, is most refreshing. Although, forced conversion really wasn't practiced; it is a bit of false propaganda at that.

[Carmelo]

those are not the canary islands. those are cape verde as shown in the map

[joesalvator]

Much like modern days, I suspect Europeans would rather go around the world than cut through the "bad " neighborhood...