Directory of Age of Discovery Resources

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This category lists pages and sites that provide information about the Age of Discovery, a period of time beginning in the 15th century in which people from many countries set out to find, explore, and settle new lands. The Age of Discovery overlapped the early years of the European Renaissance.

Subcategories

• Explorers

Resources in This Category

• Latitude: The Art and Science of Fifteenth-Century Navigation

  http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~feegi/
  A look at the tools, history, and knowledge 15th-century navigators had at their disposal as they set out in uncharted waters.

• The Age Of Discovery

  http://www.bry-backmanor.org/explorerstack2.html
  Shareware Hypercard stack designed to introduce young children to the era.

• The Conquistadors

  http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/
  Online learning adventure retraces the footsteps of four Spanish explorers. From PBS.

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