Columbus: The Adventure Begins (TRIH eps 306-309)
1492 · Resource
This episode examines Christopher Columbus's origins, character and the political and maritime context that produced his voyages. Holland and Sandbrook discuss the strong Genoese roots of Columbus, his early maritime career in the Mediterranean and Portugal, and the intellectual milieu — printing, travel accounts (Marco Polo), and theorists like Toscanelli and Pierre Dailly — that convinced him a westward route to Asia was possible. They trace Columbus's persistent efforts to secure royal bac...
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Around 1492
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Columbus reaches the Americas (1492)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- Fall of Constantinople (1453)
- Michelangelo (1475)
- Reign of Henry VIII (1509)
- English Reformation (1533)
- Mughal Empire (1526)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)