Explorers of the Renaissance
The atlas holds 8 people and 101 moments here, from 1304 to 1557. The most recorded lives are Petrarch, Christopher Columbus and Ibn Battuta.
Notable people
Petrarch
from 1304 to 1374
38 moments here
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) was an Italian scholar, poet, cleric, diplomat, and foundational humanist.…
Christopher Columbus
from 1451 to 1506
29 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Ibn Battuta
from 1333 to 1350
10 moments here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Vasco da Gama
from 1460 to 1503
8 moments here
Portuguese mariner, explorer and nobleman whose voyages connected Portugal and India by sea around southern Africa.…
Jacques Cartier
from 1491 to 1557
8 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 1517 to 1519
3 moments here
Portuguese navigator and naval officer who served Portugal in the Indian Ocean, Malacca, and Morocco before relocating to Spain in 1517.…
Hernán Cortés
from 1485 to 1547
3 moments here
Spanish conquistador, commander, explorer, governor, and writer whose 1519–1521 campaign against the Aztec Empire helped establish Spanish rule in…
Marco Polo
in 1324
2 moments here
Venetian merchant, traveler, and author whose account describes journeys across Asia between 1271 and 1295.…
Moments
- 1304 Birth at Arezzo Petrarch
- 1305 Childhood at Incisa Petrarch
- 1312 Childhood at Pisa Petrarch
- 1312 Schooling at Carpentras Petrarch
- 1316 Law studies at Montpellier Petrarch
- 1320 Arrival for studies at Bologna Petrarch
- 1321 Journey through Venice Petrarch
- 1322 Return to Bologna Petrarch
- 1324 Buried at San Lorenzo Marco Polo
- 1324 Dies in Venice Marco Polo
- 1326 Return to Avignon Petrarch
- 1330 Service at Lombez Petrarch
- 1333 Meets the emir at Azov Ibn Battuta
- 1333 Stays in Kaffa Ibn Battuta
- 1333 Visits Qiram Ibn Battuta
- 1333 Manuscript discovery at Liège Petrarch
- 1333 Visit to Cologne Petrarch
- 1333 Visit to Ghent Petrarch
- 1333 Visit to Paris Petrarch
- 1336 Ascent of Mont Ventoux Petrarch
- 1337 First Roman visit Petrarch
- 1337 Move to Vaucluse Petrarch
- 1341 Residence at Parma after coronation Petrarch
- 1341 Visit to Naples before coronation Petrarch
- 1341 Poet laureate at Rome Petrarch
- 1345 Stay at Verona Petrarch
- 1348 At Parma during the plague Petrarch
- 1349 Detours to Sardinia Ibn Battuta
- 1349 Canonry possession at Padua Petrarch
- 1350 Lands at Gibraltar Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Passes through Marbella Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Reaches Málaga Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Shelters at Sohail Castle Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Stays in Ronda Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Visits Granada Ibn Battuta
- 1350 Jubilee visit to Rome Petrarch
- 1351 Return to Vaucluse Petrarch
- 1353 Peace embassy to Venice Petrarch
- 1353 Settlement in Milan Petrarch
- 1354 Meeting Charles IV at Mantua Petrarch
- 1356 Diplomatic mission at Basel Petrarch
- 1356 Embassy at Prague Petrarch
- 1361 Oration before the French king Petrarch
- 1362 Residence at Palazzo Molina Petrarch
- 1365 Residence at Pavia Petrarch
- 1368 Meeting the emperor at Udine Petrarch
- 1370 Illness at Ferrara Petrarch
- 1372 Final diplomatic speech in Venice Petrarch
- 1373 Return to Arquà Petrarch
- 1374 Death at Arquà Petrarch