Age of Discovery
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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
Between 1492 and 1504, the Italian explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus led four Spanish transatlantic maritime expeditions in the name of the Catholic Monarchs to the Americas. These voyages l
Handwritten notes by Christopher Columbus on the Latin edition of Marco Polo's Le livre des merveilles
Church of Saint George the Martyr in Palos de la Frontera.
Archaeological remains of the historic Port of Palos de la Frontera, from where Columbus's first voyage departed.
Port of Moguer and shipyards of La Niña