Age of Exploration David CHapmn By chapmad20 Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Jan 1, 1500 European Monarchs SUpported Exploration Period: Jan 1, 1400 to Dec 31, 1800 Age of Exploration Jan 1, 1427 Portuguese set sail Jan 1, 1430 Explorers moved along Africa Period: Nov 3, 1490 to Dec 4, 1700 Commercial Revolution Aug 1, 1492 Christopher Columbus Left Spain Jan 1, 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas Jan 1, 1500 Population in Europe increased Period: Jan 1, 1500 to Jan 1, 1600 Nicolus Copernicus Jan 1, 1543 Versalius published On the Fabric of the Body Jan 1, 1609 Kepler Established his law of motion Jan 1, 1620 Francis Bacon published Novum Organum Jan 1, 1637 Descartes: Discourse on Method Jan 1, 1687 Newton published a book showing how planets revolve around the sun
