The Age of Exploration was the epoch between the 15th ... Engineering and scientific knowledge cultivated during the Renaissance period opened up such possibilities. The bravery and fearlessness ...

The 16th century was an age of exploration in all senses of the term ... some of the greatest masterpieces of the Renaissance were being created, such as Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel ceiling ...

“One is the belief that the Renaissance was a golden age. One is the belief that the Middle Ages is a dark age. Another is the belief that dark ages and golden ages exist at all.” Palmer’s Inventing ...