Research Topics
The Age of Exploration
How do we explain the quest for new worlds in the 1300 to 1600s? What were the implications of all that wealth flooding into the courts of European kings and princes?
By the middle of the 16th century, European explorers had "discovered" new worlds both to the east and the west. This great Age of Discovery stimulated the imaginations of men and women while it flooded Europe with spices from the east and gold and silver from the Americas. In retrospect, these European explorers, along with their governments, turned Europe into the first global power.