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Spanish exploration in the Age of Discovery

  • Charles V, Holy Roman EmperorThe year 1500 marked the arrival of Charles in the Prinsenhof of Ghent, a Flemish city within the Habsburg Netherlands. A poet at the court reported that…
  • Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was born between the 25th of August and the 31st of October in 1451 within the Republic of Genoa. His father Domenico worked as a wool…
  • Francis XavierFrancis Xavier entered the world on the 7th of April 1506 inside the Castle of Xavier. His father Don Juan de Jasso y Atondo served as president of the Royal…
  • Age of DiscoveryIn 1492, the joint rulers of Castile and Aragon conquered the Moorish kingdom of Granada. This military victory removed a source of African goods that had…