Age of Exploration: a period of European exploration and discovery
... About 1418, Prince Henry started a school of navigation where sailors and mapmakers could learn their trades. His cartographers made new maps based on the information ship captains brought back. ...
... About 1418, Prince Henry started a school of navigation where sailors and mapmakers could learn their trades. His cartographers made new maps based on the information ship captains brought back. ...
Age of Exploration, Discovery, and Expansion
... • Italian, but sailed for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain • October 1492 he reached the Americas where he explored the coastline of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. • Throughout his life, He believed he had reached Asia when he actually reached all the major islands of the Caribbean and H ...
... • Italian, but sailed for King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella of Spain • October 1492 he reached the Americas where he explored the coastline of Cuba and the island of Hispaniola. • Throughout his life, He believed he had reached Asia when he actually reached all the major islands of the Caribbean and H ...
PRINCE HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
... sailed to Australia. • He claimed the east coast for Great Britain. • Captain Cook named Australia “New South Wales”. ...
... sailed to Australia. • He claimed the east coast for Great Britain. • Captain Cook named Australia “New South Wales”. ...
The Age of Exploration
... New Tools for Exploration How did Renaissance maps differ from ancient maps? How did the compass come to Europe from China? How did understanding wind zones help explorers? How did European craftworkers solve the problems that arose when explorers sailed in a variety of wind and sea conditions? ...
... New Tools for Exploration How did Renaissance maps differ from ancient maps? How did the compass come to Europe from China? How did understanding wind zones help explorers? How did European craftworkers solve the problems that arose when explorers sailed in a variety of wind and sea conditions? ...
Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia
The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the Duyfken who is generally considered to be the discoverer. This is based on the following elements: The Dieppe maps, a group of 16th-century French world maps, which depict a large landmass between Indonesia and Antarctica. Labelled as Java la Grande, this land mass carries French, Portuguese, and Gallicized Portuguese placenames, and has been interpreted by some as corresponding to Australia's northwestern and eastern coasts. The presence of Portuguese colonies in Southeast Asia from the early 16th century, particularly Portuguese Timor – approximately 650 kilometres from the Australian coast – c. 1513–1516. Various antiquities found on Australian coastlines, claimed to be relics of early Portuguese voyages to Australia.Precedence of discovery has also been claimed for China, France, Spain, India, and even Phoenicia.
