Writers of the Age of Exploration
The atlas holds 26 people and 507 moments here, from 1452 to 1650.
Moments
- 1510 Third French mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1510 Undertakes mission to Rome Martin Luther
- 1511 Cuba conquest expedition Hernán Cortés
- 1511 Municipal magistrate in Santiago de Cuba Hernán Cortés
- 1511 Returns to Wittenberg as professor Martin Luther
- 1511 Fourth French mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1512 Move to Frauenburg and chapter election Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1512 Confinement in Florentine territory Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1513 Orti Oricellari discussions Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1513 Imprisonment after conspiracy accusation Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1513 Retreat to the Albergaccio estate Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1513 Leaves Milan for Rome Leonardo da Vinci
- 1513 Moves to Rome Leonardo da Vinci
- 1514 Hebrew study in Mainz Desiderius Erasmus
- 1514 Purchase of a Frombork tower Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1515 Visit to Antwerp and meeting with Pieter Gillis Thomas More
- 1515 Visit to Mechelen during Low Countries mission Thomas More
- 1515 Visit to Tournai during Low Countries mission Thomas More
- 1515 Diplomatic mission at Bruges Thomas More
- 1516 Relocates to Amboise Leonardo da Vinci
- 1516 Settles at Clos Lucé Leonardo da Vinci
- 1516 Economic administrator at Allenstein Nicolaus Copernicus
- 1517 Receives Cardinal d'Aragon Leonardo da Vinci
- 1517 Commission business at Calais Thomas More
- 1518 Recovery in Antwerp Desiderius Erasmus
- 1518 Defends theses at Heidelberg Martin Luther
- 1518 Examined by Cajetan in Augsburg Martin Luther
- 1519 Stay on Cozumel Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Recruiting stop at Trinidad Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Anchorage at Potonchán Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Meeting Aztec governors at San Juan de Ulúa Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Dies at Clos Lucé Leonardo da Vinci
- 1519 Alliance at Cempoala Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Foundation of Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Debates Johann Eck in Leipzig Martin Luther
- 1519 Royal-service correspondence from Woking Thomas More
- 1519 Recorded in Florence by his own letter Michelangelo
- 1519 Campaign in Tlaxcallan Hernán Cortés
- 1519 March to Cholula Hernán Cortés
- 1519 Entry into Tenochtitlan Hernán Cortés
- 1520 Field of the Cloth of Gold Desiderius Erasmus
- 1520 Franciscan life at Fontenay-le-Comte François Rabelais
- 1520 Return to Tenochtitlan during uprising Hernán Cortés
- 1520 Attendance at the Field of the Cloth of Gold Thomas More
- 1520 Retreat to Tlaxcala Hernán Cortés
- 1520 Commercial mission to Lucca Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1521 Residence at De Swaene Desiderius Erasmus
- 1521 Settlement in Basel Desiderius Erasmus
- 1521 Franciscan chapter mission Niccolò Machiavelli
- 1521 Diplomatic journey to Calais and Bruges Thomas More