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Age of Discovery

period of European global exploration from early 15th century to 17th century
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Age of Discovery
Cl.J. Visscher · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Age of Discovery is an age[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of age entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,954 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: historical period[3]
  • Follows: Middle Ages[4]
  • Followed by: early modern period[5]
  • Commons category: Age of Discovery[6]
  • Start time: 1500[7]
  • End time: 1800[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Age of Discovery[9]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

Age of Discovery has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Charles de Foucauld

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0431775-geograficke-objevy
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    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 1904789
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