The voyages of discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries were driven by a combination of factors, including the desire for new trade routes to access valuable spices and goods in Asia, the quest for wealth and resources, and the spread of Christianity. Advances in navigation technology, such as the compass and improved maps, facilitated longer sea journeys. Additionally, the rise of powerful nation-states and competition among European powers motivated exploration to expand their empires and influence. These factors culminated in significant maritime explorations, leading to the discovery of new lands and the establishment of colonial empires.
Adriaen Block, from Amsterdam, explored the mid-Atlantic region near Rhode Island during four voyages between 1611 - 14. Block Island is named after him.
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During Jacques Cartier's time, King Francis I (François I) was the King of France. His reign lasted from 1515 to 1547. Francis I was known for his patronage of the arts and exploration, and he commissioned Jacques Cartier's voyages to the New World, specifically to explore the lands that would eventually be part of Canada. Cartier's expeditions took place between 1534 and 1542, during which he explored the Gulf of St. Lawrence and laid the foundation for France's claim to territories in North America.
Advances in scientific technology that launched the Age of Exploration: The age of exploration took its place during the 15th and ended during the 17th century. During this time Europeans began to take and interest in exploring the “unknown”. Thus beginning voyages by sea. Not all advances and new discoveries were positive, a mass majority had a negative effect on Europe. In order to fulfill these travels exploders needed maps. Those who provided the maps were known as cartographers. The map makers of the 15th century. Cartographers often came along side of the crossings to document and see the detail of the new lands of the “unknown”.
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The Viking raids began in 793 AD with a raid on Lindisfarne. The Viking Age ended during the 9th and 10th centuries. There are authors who place the date ending the age at 1066, but calling the French speaking Normans who invaded England Vikings because their ancestors were Vikings a hundred years earlier might be stretching a point a bit too much. There is a link to an article on the Viking Age below.
Discovery Place was created in 1981.
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Believe me. . . in a lawsuit "formal" is the ONLY type of exchange that takes place during discovery.
Christopher Columbus explored areas in what is now the Bahamas, Cuba, and Central American on his four voyages to the New World. He also explored parts of the northern region of South America.
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Christopher Columbus completed four voyages to the Americas between 1492 and 1504. His first voyage, in 1492, led to the discovery of the New World. Subsequent voyages allowed him to explore and establish settlements in various regions of the Caribbean and Central America. Columbus's voyages had a significant impact on European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
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The transatlantic slave trade took place between the continents of Europe, Africa and America from the 17th to the 19th centuries. The reason this trade is called the triangular trade is because it was usually made up of three different voyages which formed a triangular trade pattern. Some slave trading voyages were made directly between the continents of America and Africa.
His best known voyages took place in 1642 and 1644.
It took place for a couple hundred years. It was during the 17th and 18th centuries. The Middle Passage was the ship voyage from Africa to the United States.
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