The XV Century is known as the Age of Exploration, Portugal and Spain were the leaders of this movement. Other European nations such as France and England would not start until later in the XVI century. The explorations of the 1400s and the 1500s changed the world into the way it is known today. Before this time the world was believed to be flat with only one land mass and an endless ocean. Today this …
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…proof that the world is not flat and discovery of a new world to the great economical rise of Spain and Portugal and the spread of Christianity, the world was forever changed. The 1400s were only the start of the Age of Exploration. Through the 1500s the European nations to include Portugal, Spain, France, and England explored charted, colonized, and conquered the much the world known to man. Humans are amazing creatures can accomplish anything.