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  1. A Brief History of the Age of Exploration

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  3. Ferdinand Magellan

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  4. European exploration

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  5. Unit 13

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  6. What were the Voyages of Discovery? The Voyages of Discovery were the

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  1. European exploration

    Ptolemy's bonds were hard to break. European exploration - Age of Discovery, Voyages, Expansion: In the 100 years from the mid-15th to the mid-16th century, a combination of circumstances stimulated men to seek new routes, and it was new routes rather than new lands that filled the minds of kings and commoners, scholars and seamen.

  2. A Brief History of the Age of Exploration

    Updated on January 23, 2020. The era known as the Age of Exploration, sometimes called the Age of Discovery, officially began in the early 15th century and lasted through the 17th century. The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge.

  3. Voyages of Discovery

    Voyages of Discovery The Elizabethan period was one in which the major European powers were engaged in many voyages of discovery. The discovery of the Americas had opened up new lands to explore. ... The discovery of the Americas and then the first circumnavigation of the globe made exploration of economic importance. Now it was known that ...

  4. Impacts of The Age of Exploration

    The Age of Exploration, or Age of Discovery, is one of the most important events in the history of the western world. It began in the early 15th century and continued until the end of the 17th century, and involved European explorers using their navigational skills to travel and explore the world. ... The voyages of Christopher Columbus ...

  5. European exploration

    European exploration, exploration of regions of Earth for scientific, commercial, religious, military, and other purposes by Europeans, beginning about the 4th century bce.. The motives that spur human beings to examine their environment are many. Strong among them are the satisfaction of curiosity, the pursuit of trade, the spread of religion, and the desire for security and political power.

  6. Age Of Discovery

    15th century to the early 17th century. The Age of Discovery refers to a period in European history in which several extensive overseas exploration journeys took place. Religion, scientific and cultural curiosity, economics, imperial dominance, and riches were all reasons behind this transformative age. The search for a westward trade route to ...

  7. Age of Discovery

    The Age of Discovery also known as the Age of Exploration, part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, was a period from approximately the 15th century to the 17th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.

  8. Why We Explore

    Voyages of Discovery Editor's Note: This is the eighth in a series of essays on exploration by Steven J. Dick. ... Important as low Earth orbit and geosynchronous orbit are for utilitarian applications, philosophical perspective, and way station status, it is the voyages beyond the Earth that captured the public imagination, particularly those ...

  9. Christopher Columbus

    The explorer Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. His most famous was his first voyage, commanding the ships the Nina, the ...

  10. Scientific Exploration During Voyages of Discovery

    Advances in mathematical geography and cartography fed the scientific revolution and spurred naturalists to take part in voyages of discovery, allowing them to collect many species of flora and fauna hitherto unknown in the developed world. The work of England's foremost mathematical geographer, Edward Wright (1561-1615), and the ...

  11. PDF The European Voyages of Exploration: Introduction

    The pope played an important and validating role in these voyages by sanctioning and encouraging worldwide exploration. This often included the approbation of enslaving Africans and indigenous peoples. Missionaries were frequently a part of the early expeditions of Spain with the aim of bringing Christianity to the native inhabitants.

  12. The Age of Discovery: A New World Dawns

    Print. The Age of Discovery (also known as the Age of Exploration) refers to an exciting era in European history when a number of extensive overseas voyages took place. This period lasted roughly from the beginning of the 15th century until the middle of the 17th century and is most famously associated with Portugal and Spain, though many other ...

  13. The Age of Discovery

    One of the most famous voyages of discovery of this time began in 1768 when the HMS Endeavour left Portsmouth, England, under the command of Captain James Cook. Over 10 years Cook led three world-encircling expeditions and mapped many countries, including Australia, New Zealand and the Hawaiian Islands. He was an expert seaman, navigator and ...

  14. The Voyages Of Discovery, State Library of NSW

    Voyages of Discovery - the Great South Land is made possible through a partnership with the ... Cook's third and final Pacific voyage (1776-1779), was as important for exploration of the North Pacific as the earlier two had been for the South. Following his successful discovery of the South Land, this voyage aimed to find a northwest passage ...

  15. Exploration, Discovery, and Culture: NASA's Role in History

    The already existing caravel was often the vessel of choice in the Age of Discovery, while rockets had to be built de novo or based on military rockets. Symbolizing the Age of Discovery and the Age of Space, replicas of Christopher Columbus's sailing ships Santa Maria, Niña, and Pinta sail by the Space Shuttle Endeavour at KSC's Launch Complex 39B awaiting liftoff on its maiden voyage in ...

  16. What impact did Christopher Columbus's voyages have on the Americas

    The impact of Columbus's voyages to the Americas was massive. First of all, he showed that it was possible to sail west from Europe across the Atlantic Ocean. This led to many more voyages of ...

  17. PDF Exploration & voyages of discovery

    Many young Elizabethans, especially from the Gentry and nobility, went on voyages of discovery in the hopes of making their fortunes and adventure. Navigation advances: Became much more precise with a much simplerway of using the sun to calculate the sailing direction of a ship leading to much safer and faster voyages.

  18. The Geographic Importance of the Magellan-Elcano Expedition

    The voyage had been initiated by the sailor Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães in his native Portuguese) and was part of the competition between the crowns of Portugal and Castile, taking part during the Age of Discoveries of the 15th and 16th centuries, led by the Iberian countries. The declared objective was to determine the exact ...

  19. Sea Voyages of Discovery Throughout History

    These voyages led to important discoveries about the geography and geology of the polar regions, as well as the natural world that resided there. Modern Voyages of Discovery. In the modern era, sea voyages have continued to play an important role in shaping human history, from oceanic exploration to space travel. Oceanic Exploration (c. 1950 ...

  20. The great Voyages of discovery

    Compare the consequences for the Venetian Republic and Portugal. The Great Voyages of Discovery dates back to the late fifteenth century and this period can be termed as the 'Age of Discovery'. The Portuguese navigators had a major role during this period. The voyages had a long run impact on global economy, thus it can be inferred that the ...

  21. Portugal & the Age of Exploration

    During the Age of Exploration, Portugal explored the North Atlantic islands, the coast of West Africa, the east and west coasts of southern Africa, the west coast of India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the southern coast of China. Major Portuguese colonies included Madeira, Cochin, Goa, Malacca, Brazil, Mozambique, and Angola.

  22. Significance of the Age of Discovery

    The Age of Discovery is the age in which its events caused significant progress in having a more accurate understanding of the geography of the world. In a few decades, the way the Europeans saw the world had been completely transformed. These discoveries and travels allowed for much more accurate maps of the world to be created.

  23. PDF Interpretation A [6/8 marks]

    wealth. This increase in wealth was important as it meant England experienced a 'Golden Age' and more money could be spent on comfort, entertainment, and introduced Elizabethan England to a more lavish lifestyle. Another way in which the voyages of discovery affected Elizabethan England was by increasing tension with Spain, leading to conflict.