# Age of Exploration — Caravels and Conquest 1400–1600

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:19:40.021Z
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## Summary

N S W E Anno Domini MCDXCII · A Cartographer's Account AGE OF EXPLORATION Caravels & Conquest · 1400 — 1600 Drawn upon parchment · with rhumb & rose Key sections include: AGE OF EXPLORATION Caravels & Conquest · 1400 — 1600; Why now? The Push to the Open Sea; Henry the Navigator — Patron of the Atlantic; Bartolomeu Dias — Rounding the Cape; Cristóbal Colón — A Westward Wager; Vasco da Gama — The Sea Road to India; Treaty of Tordesillas — A Line on the World; Magellan & Elcano — Around the World; Cortés & Pizarro — Conquest and Collapse; The Columbian Exchange.

## Slide Outline

1. AGE OF EXPLORATION Caravels & Conquest · 1400 — 1600
2. Why now? The Push to the Open Sea
3. Henry the Navigator — Patron of the Atlantic
4. Bartolomeu Dias — Rounding the Cape
5. Cristóbal Colón — A Westward Wager
6. Vasco da Gama — The Sea Road to India
7. Treaty of Tordesillas — A Line on the World
8. Magellan & Elcano — Around the World
9. Cortés & Pizarro — Conquest and Collapse
10. The Columbian Exchange
11. Dutch & English Ascendancy
12. The Dark Side of the Age
13. Further Reading & Listening

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