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The journeys of discovery at the end of the fifteenth century are frequently regarded as signifying the end of the Middle Ages. These sites examine the historical background that led to explorations as well as significant discoveries and explorers.
1492: An Ongoing Voyage
Library of Congress exhibit covers the lands Columbus came from and those he discovered as well as the man himself.
Columbus and the Age of Discovery
The Computerized Information Retrieval System (CIRS) at Millersville University offers numerous articles and extensive information on the history, geography, archaeology and many other topics connected with the voyages of Columbus and other explorers.
The Discovery of the New World and the End of the Old
Lucid overview of the impact the discovery of the Americas had on Europe, and how it could be viewed as an end of the Middle Ages, by Dr. Lynn H. Nelson at the ORB.
The Influence of Spice Trade on the Age of Discovery
Undergraduate paper by Patty Strassman covers the history of the spice trade through the Middle Ages and its influence on exploration as the search for new trading routes.
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