Discovery of the Americas

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Discovery_of_the_Americas

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Caribbean gptkb:Central_America gptkb:North_America gptkb:South_America
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	European discovery of the Americas
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	gptkb:Día_de_la_Raza gptkb:Columbus_Day gptkb:Indigenous_Peoples'_Day
gptkbp:controversy	debate over 'discovery' terminology impact on indigenous populations
gptkbp:date	1492
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Discovery of the Americas
gptkbp:influencedBy	search for new trade routes advances in navigation technology
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Spanish_Crown
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Americas
gptkbp:mainExplorer	gptkb:Christopher_Columbus gptkb:Leif_Erikson gptkb:John_Cabot
gptkbp:notableEvent	October 12, 1492
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Viking_exploration_of_North_America
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Age_of_Discovery gptkb:First_voyage_of_Christopher_Columbus gptkb:Treaty_of_Tordesillas
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Columbian_Exchange European colonization of the Americas transatlantic slave trade spread of diseases to indigenous peoples
gptkbp:significance	major demographic and cultural changes beginning of sustained contact between Europe and the Americas
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Crown_of_Castile
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5