age of discovery

  • marco polo
    Apr 10, 1271

    marco polo

    went through harsh and rough teritory
  • prince henry
    Apr 9, 1419

    prince henry

    started the first school of nnavigation
  • vasco da gama
    Apr 9, 1492

    vasco da gama

    king john 2 of portugal to the south of lisbon
  • christopher columbus
    Apr 9, 1492

    christopher columbus

    set sail to find the indies but found the americas
  • hernan cortes
    Apr 10, 1504

    hernan cortes

    left spain to find fortune in the new worlds
  • nicolaus copernicus
    Apr 7, 1508

    nicolaus copernicus

    developed his own celestial model of heliocentrc planetary system
  • ferdinand magellan
    Apr 10, 1509

    ferdinand magellan

    he joined a fleet that had lead to the battle of diu
  • francisco pizarro
    Apr 10, 1513

    francisco pizarro

    joined vasco nunez de balboa in the march to the southern sea
  • Martin Luther
    Jan 3, 1521

    Martin Luther

    martin luther was excomunicated because decet romanum.
  • ignatius of loyola
    Apr 7, 1521

    ignatius of loyola

    was gravely injured in battle with the french
  • jacques cartier
    Apr 20, 1534

    jacques cartier

    explored the west coast and found new land
  • John Calvin
    Apr 7, 1555

    John Calvin

    John Calvin was given absolute supremacy as leader in geneva
  • francis bacon
    Apr 8, 1573

    francis bacon

    completed his course study at trinity
  • Tycho brahe
    Apr 8, 1574

    Tycho brahe

    he gave a course of lectures in astronomy.
  • galileo galilei

    galileo galilei

    went to school to learn about medicine but be came a teacher
  • johannes kepler

    johannes kepler

    johannes tought arithmatic for six years
  • rene descartes

    rene descartes

    received a degree and a lincense in civi cannon law
  • robert boyle

    robert boyle

    played a keyrole in founding the royal society
  • isaac newton

    isaac newton

    isaac published his most aclaimed work philosophiae