Age of Exploration
Beyond the horizon: the voyages, encounters, and scientific expeditions that connected the continents.
Articles on Age of Exploration (4)
Charting the New World: German Scientific Expeditions to South America, 1780–1800
How German scientific expeditions to South America between 1780 and 1800 reshaped European knowledge, state...
Encounters on the Hudson: Dutch-Indigenous Trade Networks in New Netherland, 1609–1664
Explore how Dutch and Indigenous trade along the Hudson River reshaped social, economic, and political...
Navigating the Northwest Passage: European Exploration and Arctic Trade Ambitions, 1550–1700
How Europeans searched for the Northwest Passage between 1550 and 1700, and how the failed quest reshaped...
Fortune and Famine: The Dutch East India Company's First Years at the Cape Colony Outpost
In 1652 the Dutch East India Company founded a precarious refreshment outpost at the Cape of Good Hope that...
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