Around the Globe
Explore by region
The age of exploration drew the continents together. Trace the era through the lands where it unfolded.
Five Regions
Five centuries that remade the globe. From the Renaissance and Reformation to the rise of great empires across Asia, Africa and the Americas — explore the events, ideas and people of 1400 to 1900 by region and by theme.
Around the Globe
The age of exploration drew the continents together. Trace the era through the lands where it unfolded.
Ideas & Powers
The great currents of the age — the rebirth of European thought, a continent split by faith, and the empires that ruled the East.
Cross the Eras
Follow a single thread through five centuries — the people, the art, the inventions and the maps that recorded a changing world.
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