Explorers of the Age of Exploration

The atlas holds 6 people and 202 moments here, from 1415 to 1557. The most recorded lives are Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Hernán Cortés.

Christopher Columbus
from 1451 to 1506
73 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Vasco da Gama
from 1460 to 1524
36 moments here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…
Hernán Cortés
from 1485 to 1547
30 moments here
Spanish conquistador, commander, explorer, governor, and writer whose 1519–1521 campaign against the Aztec Empire helped establish Spanish rule in…
Jacques Cartier
from 1491 to 1557
22 moments here
French navigator and explorer from Saint-Malo whose three Atlantic voyages of 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542 surveyed the Gulf and River of Saint…
Ferdinand Magellan
from 1505 to 1521
21 moments here
Portuguese navigator and naval officer who served Portugal in the Indian Ocean, Malacca, and Morocco before relocating to Spain in 1517.…
Zheng He
from 1415 to 1433
20 moments here
Zheng He (born Ma He) was a Ming Chinese admiral and diplomat who commanded seven state-sponsored voyages across the South China Sea and Indian…