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Section size for Age of Discovery (49 sections)
Section name |
Byte count |
Section total
|
(Top) |
6,929 |
6,929
|
Concept |
8,791 |
8,791
|
Overview |
7,004 |
7,004
|
Background |
89 |
20,235
|
Rise of European trade |
2,767 |
2,767
|
Technology: Ship design and the compass |
1,621 |
1,621
|
Early geographical knowledge and maps |
2,914 |
2,914
|
Medieval European travel (1241–1438) |
5,565 |
5,565
|
Religion |
2,332 |
2,332
|
Chinese missions (1405–1433) |
4,947 |
4,947
|
Atlantic Ocean (1419–1507) |
4,868 |
37,670
|
Portuguese exploration |
7,958 |
11,515
|
Portuguese exploration after Prince Henry |
3,557 |
3,557
|
Spanish exploration: Columbus's landfall in the Americas |
3,232 |
3,232
|
Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) |
2,958 |
2,958
|
The Americas: The New World |
506 |
15,097
|
North America |
1,149 |
1,149
|
The "True Indies" and Brazil |
13,442 |
13,442
|
Indian Ocean (1497–1513) |
32 |
9,349
|
Vasco da Gama's route to India |
4,871 |
4,871
|
The "Spice Islands" and China |
4,446 |
4,446
|
Pacific Ocean (1513–1529) |
185 |
10,454
|
Balboa's expedition to the Pacific Ocean |
1,130 |
1,130
|
Subsequent developments to the east |
281 |
281
|
First circumnavigation |
4,414 |
4,414
|
Westward and eastward exploration meet |
4,444 |
4,444
|
Inland Spanish expeditions (1519–1532) |
3,456 |
13,483
|
Cortés' Mexico and the Aztec Empire |
4,391 |
4,391
|
Pizarro's Peru and the Inca Empire |
5,636 |
5,636
|
Major new trade routes (1542–1565) |
2,545 |
2,545
|
Northern European involvement (1595–17th century) |
4,155 |
24,803
|
Exploring North America |
9,687 |
9,687
|
Search for a northern route |
3,173 |
7,089
|
Barentsz' Arctic exploration |
3,916 |
3,916
|
Dutch Australia and New Zealand |
3,872 |
3,872
|
Russian exploration of Siberia (1581–1660) |
1,003 |
10,419
|
Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir |
1,476 |
1,476
|
Siberian river routes |
3,315 |
3,315
|
Russians reach the Pacific |
4,625 |
4,625
|
Global impact |
13,173 |
19,464
|
Economic impact in Europe |
6,291 |
6,291
|
See also |
601 |
601
|
Footnotes |
47 |
47
|
References |
42 |
37,122
|
Bibliography |
44 |
37,080
|
Primary sources |
2,782 |
2,782
|
Secondary works |
26,051 |
26,051
|
Web sources |
8,203 |
8,203
|
External links |
1,665 |
1,665
|
Total |
210,581 |
210,581
|
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