It was Portugal that kicked off what has come to be known as the Age of Discovery, in the mid-1400s. The westernmost country in Europe, Portugal was the first to significantly probe the Atlantic ...

Keywords Age of Discovery, exploration, Spanish explorers, Portuguese explorers, Prince Henry the Navigator, Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, conquistadores, maritime ...

The Age of Exploration was the epoch between the 15th ... and Central and South America by the Spanish and Portuguese. Many Mesoamerican civilisations believed the leader of the conquistadors ...