Age of Sail

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historical era maritime history period

The Age of Sail was a historical era, roughly from the 16th to the mid-19th century, when international trade, naval warfare, and exploration were dominated by large sailing ships.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Age of Sail canonical 339
Age of Sail (late period) 1
Age of Sail Arctic exploration 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical era ⓘ
maritime history period ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery

Anglo-Dutch Wars ⓘ
British Empire naval expansion ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age maritime trade ⓘ
European overseas expansion ⓘ
Ming and Qing Chinese maritime trade restrictions ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
Portuguese Empire ⓘ
surface form: Portuguese maritime empire

Seven Years' War ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
globalization of trade routes ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
triangular trade ⓘ
culturalDepiction historical naval wargaming ⓘ
maritime paintings ⓘ
naval fiction literature ⓘ
declineCause development of ironclad warships ⓘ
introduction of steam propulsion ⓘ
reliability of coal-powered engines ⓘ
dominantRegion Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
endTime mid-19th century ⓘ
field international trade ⓘ
maritime exploration ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
followedBy Age of Sail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Age of Steam

industrial era of steamships ⓘ
hasCause European search for sea routes to Asia ⓘ
advances in navigation ⓘ
development of ocean-going sailing ships ⓘ
hasEffect European colonial empires ⓘ
exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between continents ⓘ
formation of global trade networks ⓘ
intensification of maritime warfare ⓘ
large-scale migration by sea ⓘ
spread of European cultures overseas ⓘ
mainCharacteristic dominance of large sailing ships ⓘ
wind-powered long-distance navigation ⓘ
notableExplorer Abel Tasman ⓘ
Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ
Francis Drake ⓘ
Henry Hudson ⓘ
James Cook ⓘ
Vasco da Gama ⓘ
notablePower British Empire ⓘ
Danish colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Danish-Norwegian realm

Dutch Republic ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France

Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal

Spain ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Spain

Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
precededBy medieval maritime period ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
typicalTechnology broadside naval artillery ⓘ
chronometer ⓘ
lateen sail ⓘ
magnetic compass ⓘ
sextant ⓘ
square rigging ⓘ
usedMediumOfTransport clipper ship ⓘ
frigate ⓘ
full-rigged ship ⓘ
galleon ⓘ
sailing ship ⓘ
ship of the line ⓘ
square-rigged ship ⓘ

Referenced by (348)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Lord of the Admiralty → historicalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
Royal Navy → eraOfProminence → Age of Sail ⓘ
Dutch Golden Age → partOf → Age of Sail ⓘ
Age of Sail → followedBy → Age of Sail self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of Steam
Spanish galleon trade → historicalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
Board of Admiralty → hasHistoricalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
Russian circumnavigation expedition on the Rurik → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Drake Passage → usedSince → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of Lagos → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
The Black Pirate → timePeriodOfSetting → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of Quiberon Bay → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Sea Venture shipwreck → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Christopher Jones → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
USS Bonhomme Richard → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
USS Lexington → historicalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
USS Hancock → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Golden Hind → category → Age of Sail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ships of the Age of Sail
Revenge → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of Nassau → historicalEra → Age of Sail ⓘ
Baltic campaign → historicalEra → Age of Sail ⓘ
this entity surface form: Age of Steam in naval warfare
Battle of Lowestoft → historicalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
Danish colonial empire → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Admiral Juan de Lángara → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
subject surface form: Juan de Lángara
British ensign system → historicalPeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ
Four Days' Battle → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of Solebay → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Luke Foxe → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Discovery → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of Beachy Head (1690) → historicalEra → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Namur → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Redoutable → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
A Cruising Voyage Round the World → historicalContext → Age of Sail ⓘ
Duke → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Hubert de Brienne, Comte de Conflans → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Victory, off Cape Trafalgar, Spain → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
subject surface form: HMS Victory
Friendship of Salem (replica East Indiaman) → periodRepresented → Age of Sail ⓘ
subject surface form: Friendship of Salem
HMS Vanguard → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Spartiate → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Orion → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Minotaur → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Océan → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Thomas Foley → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Pallas → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Alliance → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Serapis → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
HMS Countess of Scarborough → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Deliverance → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of the Dogger Bank (1799) → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Battle of the Chesapeake → era → Age of Sail ⓘ
Maria de la Quellerie → timePeriod → Age of Sail ⓘ