Valladolid in the Age of Exploration
The atlas holds 4 people and 6 moments here, from 1506 to 1604. The most recorded lives are Miguel de Cervantes, Christopher Columbus and Peter Paul Rubens.
Notable people
Miguel de Cervantes
from 1551 to 1604
2 moments here
Spanish novelist, playwright, poet, soldier, purchasing agent and tax collector, best known for Don Quixote.…
Christopher Columbus
in 1506
2 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1603
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
in 1518
1 moment here
Charles V (1500–1558), also Charles I of Spain, was Holy Roman Emperor, king of Spain, and ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands.…
Moments
- 1506 Follows the court to Valladolid Christopher Columbus
- 1506 Dies in Valladolid Christopher Columbus
- 1518 Recognition by the Castilian Cortes Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
- 1551 Childhood relocation to Valladolid Miguel de Cervantes
- 1603 Diplomatic mission at Valladolid Peter Paul Rubens
- 1604 Resides at the Valladolid house Miguel de Cervantes