HISTORY
NEW GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Age of Exploration (also called the Age of Discovery) began in the 1400s and continued through the 1600s. It was a period of time when the European nations began exploring the world. They discovered new routes to India, much of the Far East, and the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -The great period of discovery from the latter half of the fifteenth through the sixteenth century is generally referred to as the Age of Exploration.
Detailed explanation-3: -The technological advancements that supported European exploration in the early 1400s were the compass and the astrolabe. Although these tools had been around in Asia for many centuries, they were unknown in Europe until about the 12th century AD. They made navigation more accurate for European explorers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Behaim, Martin. Martin Behaim (1459-1537) was a German mapmaker, navigator, and merchant. Cabot, John. John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator. Caboto, Giovanni. See John Cabot. Cadamosto, Alvise da. Columbus, Christopher. da Gama, Vasco. Dias, Bartolomeu. Eannes, Gil. More items