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This timeline of European exploration lists major geographic discoveries and other firsts credited to or involving Europeans during the Age of Discovery and the following centuries, between the years AD 1418 and 1957.
11 wrz 2024 · History of the European exploration of regions of Earth for scientific, commercial, religious, military, and other purposes, beginning about the 4th century BCE. The major phases of exploration were centered on the Mediterranean Sea, China, and the New World (the last being the so-called Age of Discovery).
11 wrz 2024 · European exploration - Age of Discovery, Voyages, Expansion: In the 100 years from the mid-15th to the mid-16th century, a combination of circumstances stimulated men to seek new routes, and it was new routes rather than new lands that filled the minds of kings and commoners, scholars and seamen.
The Age of Exploration, which lasted roughly between 1450 and 1600, is a term given to the period of European exploration in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Driven by a desire for inexpensive spices, gold, and other sources of wealth, Europeans sailed around the world and sparked a global exchange of goods that changed the world forever.
European exploration initiated the Columbian exchange between the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) and the New World (the Americas and Australia). This exchange involved the transfer of plants, animals, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and culture across the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Learn about the artistic and scientific achievements of Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, when it explored new lands and developed new technologies. See examples of paintings, clocks, and globes from The Met's collection that reflect the Age of Exploration.
5 maj 2024 · The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of new trading routes, wealth, and knowledge. During this era, explorers learned more about areas such as Africa and the Americas and brought that knowledge back to Europe.
