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3 giorni fa · Bartolomeu Dias crossed the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, thus proving that the Indian Ocean was accessible by sea. Vasco da Gama. In 1498, Vasco da Gama reached India. In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil, claiming it for Portugal. In 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in India, Ormuz in the Persian Strait, and Malacca.
1 giorno fa · The Waldensians, also known as Waldenses ( / wɔːlˈdɛnsiːz, wɒl -/ ), Vallenses, Valdesi, or Vaudois, are adherents of a church tradition that began as an ascetic movement within Western Christianity before the Reformation. Originally known as the Poor of Lyon in the late twelfth century, [1] [2] [3] the movement spread to the Cottian Alps ...
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5 apr 2024 · The list of Crusades in Europe and to the Holy Land identifies those conflicts in the 11th through 16th centuries that are referred to as Crusades. These include the traditional numbered crusades and others that prominent historians have identified as crusades.
4 apr 2024 · Titian (born 1488/90, Pieve di Cadore, Republic of Venice [Italy]—died August 27, 1576, Venice) the greatest Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. He was recognized early in his own lifetime as a supremely talented painter, and his reputation has in the intervening centuries never suffered a decline.
- Who was Titian?Titian is widely considered the greatest Italian Renaissance painter of the Venetian school. He was recognized early in his own lifetime as a supre...
- Where was Titian born?Italian painter Titian was born in the small village of Pieve di Cadore, located high amid mountain peaks of the Alps, straight north of Venice and...
- Who did Titian learn from?Italian painter Titian initially apprenticed with Sebastiano Zuccato, a master of mosaics, in Venice. He soon passed to the workshop of the Bellini...
25 mar 2024 · Mahmud Shah was the sultan of Malacca (now Melaka) from 1488 until the capture of the city by the Portuguese in 1511, after which he founded the kingdom of Johor (Johore). At the time of Mahmud Shah’s accession the city-state of Malacca was at the peak of its power and was the preeminent trade.
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28 mar 2024 · Sebastian Münster (born Jan. 20, 1488, Ingelheim, electorate of Mainz [Germany]—died May 23, 1552, Basel, Switz.) was a German cartographer, cosmographer, and Hebrew scholar whose Cosmographia (1544; “Cosmography”) was the earliest German description of the world and a major work in the revival of geographic thought in 16th ...
2 giorni fa · Назва Копія грамоти з першою письмовою згадкою про Чернівці. Найбільш поширена версія, що назва міста походить від городища, яке в «Списку городів руських дальніх і ближніх» згадується як Черн на Пруті (Чернь на Прутѣ).
