Voyages of Exploration 1485-1600

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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