Age Of Discovery

  • Marco Polo
    Jan 1, 1217

    Marco Polo

    He is from Italy. He began exploring as a teenager and traveled all throughout China/Asia. He discovered many different trade routes.
  • Prince Henry
    Jan 1, 1418

    Prince Henry

    He is from Portugal. Prince Henry bulit a school of navigation where voyagers were directed. It was important because it allowed Portugals colonial empire to grow and develope.
  • Christopher Columbus
    Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    He is from Italy. He sailed around the Alantic Ocean hoping to find India but he actually discovered North America.
  • Vasco da Gama
    Jul 8, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    He was an explorer from Portugal who discovered the route connecting Portugal to the East by the ocean.
  • Hernan Cortes
    Jun 1, 1512

    Hernan Cortes

    He is from spain. Hernan was a solider and explorer who defeated the Aztec empire. It was important because Mexico city, became one of the most important cities in North America because it where the Aztecs were.
  • Nicolaus Copernicus
    Jan 1, 1514

    Nicolaus Copernicus

    He is from poland. He introduced heliocentric hypothesis. it impacted scientists to know more about the solar system.
  • Martin Luther
    Oct 31, 1517

    Martin Luther

    He is from Germany and he wrote a list of 95 beliefs about induligences and went against the church.
  • Ferdinand Magellan
    Sep 8, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    He is from Portugal. He was the leader of the first exploration that sailed all the way around the world, Ferdinand also gave the Pacific Ocean its name.
  • Francisco Pizarro
    Aug 29, 1533

    Francisco Pizarro

    He is from spain. The day Pizarro defeated Incan empire and stole all of their riches.
  • Jacques Cartier
    Jun 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    He is from France. He made three trips to North America, begininng in 1534 and ened in 1542. He explored in Canada, He also claimed the land for France.
  • Jphn Calvin
    Jan 1, 1536

    Jphn Calvin

    He is from Paris, France. Calvin insitutes of Christian religon. He had a great impact on theology and people who thought about religon.
  • Ignatius of Loyola
    Jan 1, 1540

    Ignatius of Loyola

    He was a saint that lived in Rome. He was the founder of Jesus. it spreaded fath and justice across the world.
  • Francis Bacon

    Francis Bacon

    He is from London, England. He led the scientific revolution. it increased the knowledge of people at the time.
  • Tycho Brahe

    Tycho Brahe

    He is from denmark(Sweden). He published the "Astronomiae instrauratea mechanica". he showed the world his finiding of astronomy letting the world know more.
  • Johannes Kelper

    Johannes Kelper

    He is from Germany, He made the three laws of Planetary motion which provided Issac Newton thory. It was the first riles that were accurate and predicted the planets postions,
  • Rene Descartes

    Rene Descartes

    He is from Touraine France. He experienced series of dreams that set him on a mission to develop a new scientific and philosphic system. It changed the way we learned things.
  • Galileo Galilei

    Galileo Galilei

    He was born in Italy and he fought against the Roman Catholic church.
  • Robert Boyle

    Robert Boyle

    He is from Ireland. He wrote the idea for the gass law. it stated that it was one of the four elements of earth.
  • Issac Newton

    Issac Newton

    He is from Grantham, England, he invented the reflecting telesecope. It was a different way to view the stars without the light hitting them.