European Age of Discovery

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

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Age_of_Exploration
gptkbp:endDate	17th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	European Age of Discovery
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Renaissance search for new trade routes advances in navigation Ottoman control of land routes to Asia
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:mainRegionsExplored	gptkb:Africa gptkb:Americas gptkb:Asia gptkb:Oceania
gptkbp:motive	trade wealth territorial expansion spread of Christianity
gptkbp:notableEvent	gptkb:Conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire_(1519–1521) gptkb:Conquest_of_the_Inca_Empire_(1532–1533) gptkb:Discovery_of_Brazil_(1500) gptkb:Treaty_of_Tordesillas_(1494) gptkb:Magellan's_circumnavigation_(1519–1522) Columbus reaches the Americas (1492) Vasco da Gama reaches India (1498)
gptkbp:notableMission	gptkb:Christopher_Columbus gptkb:Francisco_Pizarro gptkb:Amerigo_Vespucci gptkb:Vasco_da_Gama gptkb:Henry_the_Navigator gptkb:Hernán_Cortés gptkb:John_Cabot Bartolomeu Dias Ferdinand Magellan James Cook Pedro Álvares Cabral
gptkbp:powers	gptkb:England gptkb:France gptkb:Netherlands gptkb:Portugal gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:resultedIn	gptkb:Atlantic_slave_trade gptkb:colonization_of_the_Americas globalization rise of European empires exchange of plants and animals spread of diseases
gptkbp:startDate	15th century
gptkbp:technologicalAdvancement	gptkb:navigation cartography astrolabe caravel ship
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Norse_exploration_of_North_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6