During the 15th century, a small European kingdom with a population around one million—and holding notable advantages in shipbuilding, navigation and mapmaking—initiated an age of maritime exploration that reshaped the world. Find out how.
Polynesian voyagers crossed the Pacific and settled on distant islands using navigation skills based on observing stars, waves and currents. This allowed them to locate more than 1,000 islands without advanced instruments. Read more.
Ten years after his famous 1492 voyage, Christopher Columbus, awaiting the gallows on criminal charges in a Caribbean prison, plotted a treacherous final voyage to restore his reputation.
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