Age of Discovery expedition
C1349
concept
An Age of Discovery expedition is a state- or crown-sponsored maritime voyage undertaken between the 15th and 17th centuries to explore unknown regions, establish trade routes, claim territories, and gather scientific and geographic knowledge.
Observed surface forms (7)
- Portuguese India Armada ×1
- Portuguese maritime expedition ×1
- Spanish expedition ×1
- Spanish maritime expedition ×1
- series of transatlantic voyages ×1
- series of voyages ×1
- voyage of discovery ×1
Instances (6)
- voyages of Christopher Columbus to the Americas via concept surface "series of transatlantic voyages"
- First Portuguese India Armada via concept surface "Portuguese India Armada"
- Magellan–Elcano expedition
- voyages of Henry the Navigator via concept surface "series of voyages"
- 1567–1569 Solomon Islands expedition via concept surface "Spanish maritime expedition"
- Voyage to the Moluccas via concept surface "Spanish expedition"