Unit 5 The Age of Exploration

Age of Exploration Text Set


FERDINAND & ISABELLA, 1493.

Columbus at the court of Ferdinand and Isabella on his return from the New World in 1493. Engraving after Victor A. Searles, 1893. 

MAP: NORTH AMERICA, 1547.

Map of the eastern coast of North America, from Florida to Labrador, from the Vallard Atlas, 1547. 

FERDINAND MAGELLAN

(c1480-1521). Portuguese navigator. Copper engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin, 1695. 

MAP: NORTH AMERICA, 1547.

Map of the eastern coast of North America, from Florida to Labrador, from the Vallard Atlas, 1547. 

COLUMBUS: SHIP, c1494.

The ship of Christopher Columbus off the coast of the New World. A two-page spread from 'In Lauden Serenissimi Ferdinandi, Hispania[rum] Regis, Bethicae & regni Granatae obsidio victoria & triu[m]phus.' Woodcut and letterpress by Carlo Verardi, c1494. 

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

(1451-1506). Italian navigator. Columbus landing in the New World in 1492 holding the Spanish flag. Illustration by J.L. Beuzon, 1933. 


HERNANDO CORTES (1485-1547).

Spanish conquerer of Mexico. Document listing the arms given to Cortes by King Charles V, 1525.




COLUMBUS: DEPARTURE, 1492.

The departure of Christopher Columbus from Palos, Spain, on 3 August 1492 (the presence of Ferdinand and Isabella is symbolic and was not actual). Color engraving, 1594, by Theodor de Bry. 

COLUMBUS: SAN SALVADOR, 1492. The landing of Christopher Columbus at San Salvador (Guanahani) in the Bahamas, 12 October 1492. Engraving after the painting by John Vanderlyn, 1800s. 

AMERIGO VESPUCCI (1454-1512).

Italian navigator. Line engraving, c1585, by Andrianus Collaert after Stradanus. 

BRITISH LIBRARY.

Etymologies. [Detail] Diagrammatic T-O map. The world is portrayed as a circle divided by a 'T' shape into three continents; Asia, Europe, and Africa. . Full credit: British Library / Granger, NYC -- All rights reserved. 

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