Explorers of the Renaissance
The atlas holds 8 people and 101 moments here, from 1304 to 1557.
Moments
- 1451 Born in Genoa Christopher Columbus
- 1460 Birth at Sines Vasco da Gama
- 1470 Family relocates to Savona Christopher Columbus
- 1476 Shipwrecked near Lagos Christopher Columbus
- 1477 Establishes himself in Lisbon Christopher Columbus
- 1477 Returns from Galway to Lisbon Christopher Columbus
- 1485 Birth in Medellín Hernán Cortés
- 1487 Stays at Córdoba Christopher Columbus
- 1491 Retreats to La Rábida Christopher Columbus
- 1491 Birth at Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
- 1492 Waits at the Granada campaign camp Christopher Columbus
- 1492 Mission in the Algarve Vasco da Gama
- 1492 Mission to Setubal Vasco da Gama
- 1492 Signs the Santa Fe agreement Christopher Columbus
- 1492 Attends reading of the Palos order Christopher Columbus
- 1492 Departs Palos on the first voyage Christopher Columbus
- 1493 Reports to the monarchs in Barcelona Christopher Columbus
- 1493 Meets John II at Vale do Paraíso Christopher Columbus
- 1493 Reaches Lisbon in a storm Christopher Columbus
- 1493 Returns to Palos Christopher Columbus
- 1493 Departs Cádiz on the second voyage Christopher Columbus
- 1496 Disembarks at Cádiz Christopher Columbus
- 1497 First India voyage departs Vasco da Gama
- 1498 Departs Sanlúcar on the third voyage Christopher Columbus
- 1499 Return to Lisbon Vasco da Gama
- 1500 Arrives in Cádiz as a prisoner Christopher Columbus
- 1500 Appears before the monarchs at the Alhambra Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Admiralcy ceremony at Lisbon Cathedral Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Second India voyage departs Vasco da Gama
- 1502 Writes from Seville Christopher Columbus
- 1502 Departs Cádiz on the fourth voyage Christopher Columbus
- 1503 Return from second India voyage Vasco da Gama
- 1504 Reports in Seville Christopher Columbus
- 1504 Returns to Sanlúcar Christopher Columbus
- 1504 Presents results to Ferdinand in Segovia Christopher Columbus
- 1505 Settles in Seville while ill Christopher Columbus
- 1506 Moves to the court at Segovia Christopher Columbus
- 1506 Follows the court to Valladolid Christopher Columbus
- 1506 Dies in Valladolid Christopher Columbus
- 1517 Relocation to Seville Ferdinand Magellan
- 1519 Departure from Seville Ferdinand Magellan
- 1519 Sailing from Sanlúcar de Barrameda Ferdinand Magellan
- 1528 First return to Spain Hernán Cortés
- 1534 Presentation to Francis I Jacques Cartier
- 1534 First-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
- 1535 Second-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
- 1536 Return from the second voyage Jacques Cartier
- 1541 Third-voyage departure Jacques Cartier
- 1542 Later life in Saint-Malo Jacques Cartier
- 1547 Death at Castilleja de la Cuesta Hernán Cortés