- Bartholomeu Dias
- Vasco de Gama
- Alfonso de Albuquerque
- Pedro Cadral
Other Key Places
- West Africa
- India (Goa, Calicut)
- West coast of South America
- Spice Islands, Melaka
- The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes.
Other Key Characters
- Bartholomeu Dias- Vasco de Gama
- Alfonso de Albuquerque
- Pedro Cadral
Other Key Places
- West Africa- India (Goa, Calicut)
- West coast of South America
- Spice Islands, Melaka
- The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners, new goods, and new trade routes.