The Age of Exploration
wooden ships stitch the whole world together — for good and ill
The Age of Exploration1,415 CE – 1,700 CE
01
The Wall at the End of the World
setting + ~1405–1415
02
Crawling Down Africa
~1418–1460
03
Gold, God, and the First Slaves
~1444–1488
04
Rounding the Cape
~1474–1488
05
Columbus and the Spanish Gamble
~1453–1493
06
A Line Drawn Around the World
~1493–1507
07
Da Gama Forces the Indian Ocean
~1498–1515
08
The Pacific and the First Circle
~1513–1522
09
The Fall of the Aztecs
~1519–1521
10
The Fall of the Inca
~1532–1572
11
The Silver Engine
~1503–1571
12
Cross and Conscience
~1511–1597
13
The Northern Latecomers
~1497–1652
14
The World the Voyages Made
~1492–1700