Category
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New World
collective term for the Americas and Oceania
Age of Discovery
period of European global exploration from early 15th century to 17th century
Old World
collectively Africa, Asia and Europe
European colonization of the Americas
European colonization of the Americas between 1492 and c.1800
Columbian Exchange
biological exchange across Atlantic Ocean
spice trade
historic international commerce
factory
type of trading post
voyages by Christopher Columbus
1492–1504 voyages to the Americas; beginning of the Columbian exchange
Hunt-Lenox Globe
16th-century terrestrial globe; second- or third-oldest known globe
Didrik Pining
German privateer and nobleman (d. 1491)
discovery of Brazil
Portuguese discovery in 1500
Contarini–Rosselli map
first printed world map showing the New World
Hans Pothorst
German-Danish sailor and privateer (d. 1490)
Fourth voyage of Christopher Columbus
Spanish maritidition, 15029–1504
first wave of European colonization
aspect of history
True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil
1557 book by Hans Staden