(The information in this page has been taken from the internet or developed by students)

Web pages to explore

The Age of Discovery

Columbus vs Colon

The World Europeans Knew in the 15th century

(most of the information provided by "Cartografía. La evolución del mapa mundial en la historia")

2nd century BC: Eratóstenes

El mundo según Herodoto y Eratóstenes

1st century BC: Posidonio (Greek)

1st century AD: Pomponio Mela (Roman)

2nd century AD: Ptolomeo

Mapa de Ptolomeo impreso en el Sacro Imperio Romano Germánico en 1482

12th century AD: Muhammad Al-Idrisi (Islamic Empire)

15th century AD:

Toscanelli (1475)

Heinrich Hammer's Erdapfel (1490)

Portuguese Explorations

Ver Bartolomeu Dias´ route en un mapa más grande


Ver Vasco da Gama´s route en un mapa más grande

Columbus' Voyages

Treaties that divided the World

Treaties dividing the world among the Crown of Catile and the Kingdom of Portugal

The Conquistadors

Map of Explorations

Why was it possible to conquer America so easily?

Developed by Steven Hasen