Surf these sites: Age Of Exploration Timeline -- 3200 B.C. - 1779. Discoverers Web -- Huge collection of links to information on voyages of discovery and exploration. European Voyages of Exploration -- This richly illustrated tutorial from the Applied History Research Group at the University of Calgary guides users through the European voyages of exploration and conquest in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Focusing on Spain and Portugal, the site explores the economic, political, and cultural factors that sustained and advanced exploration. Geographic Discovery Timeline -- From the University of Texas. Begins at the 15th century. Society for the History of Discoveries -- Offers an annual prize for an essay on voyages, history of exploration, navigation, nautical travels, maritime history and geographical discovery. The Age of Discovery -- Lengthy article by Wilcomb E. Washburn.
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