Age of Discovery

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  Age of Discovery

  From the early 1400s, European explorers set sail across the world's oceans, making contact with Africa, the Americas, Asia and Oceania. We call this period, which lasted until the...

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  Portuguese exploration

  Living on on the western edge of Europe, the Portuguese were well-placed to undertake early voyages of exploration. During the 15th century, they ventured out from their kingdom in...

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  Conquest of the Aztecs

  The Genoese explorer Christopher Columbus made several voyages to the Americas, taking him to the coast of mainland Central and South America. Amerigo Vespucci’s 1501–2...

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  Conquest of the Incas

  Following the discoveries made by the explorer Christopher Columbus, the Spanish crown backed further expeditions to explore and conquer new territories in the Americas. In 1532, a...

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