Caption
Voyages of Exploration 1485-1600
Summary
This map shows global exploration routes from 1485 to 1600.
Routes are associated with the major powers: England, France, Portugal, Spain, and the Dutch.
Explorers, like Columbus and da Gama, are named on the map.
Source
Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (pp. 116-117).
Copyright
Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History
Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.
Series
This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.
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