Age of Exploration
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The Age of Exploration was a period from the 15th to 17th centuries when European powers undertook extensive overseas voyages that led to global maritime trade networks, colonization, and the first sustained contacts between previously isolated continents.
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| instanceOf |
era of European history
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historical period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Age of Exploration
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| endTime | 17th century ⓘ |
| followedBy | Age of Imperialism ⓘ |
| hasEthicalIssue |
colonial exploitation
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cultural destruction of many Indigenous societies ⓘ enslavement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ forced labor systems such as encomienda ⓘ |
| hasKeyCause |
Ottoman control of traditional land routes to Asia
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Renaissance curiosity and humanism ⓘ advances in navigation and shipbuilding ⓘ demand for spices ⓘ desire for gold and silver ⓘ religious zeal for Christian missionary work ⓘ search for new trade routes to Asia ⓘ |
| hasKeyConsequence |
decline of some overland trade routes
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early stages of globalization ⓘ emergence of Atlantic world system ⓘ global diffusion of crops and animals ⓘ rise of mercantilism ⓘ spread of European languages worldwide ⓘ |
| hasKeyEvent |
Ferdinand Magellan's circumnavigation expedition
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Portuguese exploration of the West African coast ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ Vasco da Gama's voyage to India ⓘ creation of transatlantic trade routes ⓘ establishment of Portuguese Estado da Índia ⓘ founding of Spanish colonies in the Americas ⓘ voyages of Christopher Columbus ⓘ |
| hasKeyExplorer |
Amerigo Vespucci
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Bartolomeu Dias ⓘ Christopher Columbus ⓘ Ferdinand Magellan ⓘ Francis Drake ⓘ Francisco Pizarro ⓘ Henry the Navigator ⓘ Hernán Cortés ⓘ James Cook ⓘ John Cabot ⓘ Vasco da Gama ⓘ |
| hasKeyOutcome |
Columbian Exchange
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European colonial empires ⓘ European overseas expansion ⓘ beginning of European global dominance ⓘ demographic collapse of many Indigenous populations ⓘ first sustained intercontinental contacts ⓘ global maritime trade networks ⓘ integration of world economies ⓘ spread of Christianity overseas ⓘ transatlantic slave trade expansion ⓘ |
| hasKeyParticipant |
Crown of Aragon
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Crown of Castile ⓘ Dutch Republic ⓘ Kingdom of England ⓘ France ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of France
Portugal ⓘ
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Kingdom of Portugal
Crown of Castile ⓘ
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Kingdom of Spain
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| hasKeyProcess |
maritime exploration
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oceanic navigation ⓘ overseas exploration ⓘ |
| hasKeyTechnology |
astrolabe
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caravel ⓘ gunpowder artillery on ships ⓘ improved cartography ⓘ lateen sail ⓘ magnetic compass ⓘ portolan charts ⓘ sternpost rudder ⓘ |
| hasMainRegion | Europe ⓘ |
| influenced |
European scientific knowledge of geography
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cartography ⓘ development of modern world economy ⓘ naval warfare ⓘ |
| partOf | Early Modern period ⓘ |
| startTime | 15th century ⓘ |
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