Tudor explorers, all you need to know.

Slaves, what they did on Tudor ships

howtostopcons — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:29:59 +0000

Tudors did have slaves ot cook, row and other thing explorers didn’t want to do. They werte treated very badly, they didn’t get much food.

Why Tudors explored?

howtostopcons — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 10:20:53 +0000

Tudors began exploring when Queen Elizabeth was Queen. They wanted to explore because they wanted to find new land and have new trade routes. Tudors beleved that the world was flat, and if you go too far, you would fall off. Sounds stupid, but that was what they beleved.

Fact on the trade triangle

howtostopcons — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:27:12 +0000

Facts:
» 10 to 16 milions Africans were transported across the Atlantic to the America between 1500 and 1900
» at least 2 million Africans-10 to 15 percent-died during the Middle Passage
» another 15 to 30 percent died during the march to or confinement along the coast
» for every 100 slaves who reached the New World, 40 died in Africa or during the Middle Passage
» in ships, slaves lives in spaces less then 5 feet high
» horrific odors filled those spaces
» the most serious danger was dehydration
» many Africans attempted suicide
» there was a revolt on one in every ten voyages
» the Middle Passage between Africa and America usually took more than seven weeks
» the men were chained together and forced to lie shoulder to shoulder
» the enslaved Africans were usually fed only once or twice a day
» the death rate on these slave ships was very high, reaching 25 percent
» The level of slave exports grew from about 36,000 a year in the early 18th century to almost 80,000 a year during the 1780s
» slavers usually contained at least 400 slaves, with some carrying more than 700

The slave ( or trade) triangle

howtostopcons — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:24:56 +0000

The slave triangle was one of the trade routes for resourses.The swapped a bunch if slaves for silk, gold and more.
This is what the slave triangle looked like:

A tudor map

howtostopcons — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:49:32 +0000

Hello to the newcomers

howtostopcons — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:45:54 +0000

This website is for all of the people who does’nt know about Tudor explorers, but want to find out.

Find out about one of the most famous Tudor explorers, Christiphor Collumbus.