The Age of Discovery, also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, du
Mayflower II, a replica of the 17th-century English sailing ship Mayflower which transported a group of Pilgrim families from England to the New World in 1620
A replica of the French carrack La Grande Hermine, which was used by Jacques Cartier that participated in decisive events of France in the colonization of Canada in 1534
A replica of the Portuguese carrack Flor de la Mar, which participated in decisive events for Portugal in the Indian Ocean until her sinking in November 1511
A replica of the Spanish carrack Santa Maria which was used by Christopher Columbus in his first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492, arriving to the New World
The Age of Sail is the period in European history from the mid-15th or 16th century to, at the latest, the mid-19th century, in which the dominance of sailing ships in global trade and warfare culmina
Age of Discovery
…The Age of Discovery (c. 1418 – c. 1620), also known as the Age of Exploration, was part of the early modern period and overlapped with the Age of Sail. It was a period from approximately the 15th to the 17th century, during which seafarers from European countries explored, colonized, and conquered…
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653, painted by Jan Abrahamsz Beerstraaten
A ship of war, Cyclopaedia 1728, Vol 2