The Age of Discovery overlapped with the Age of Sail during the early modern period.
Sources
- Age of Discovery (en.wikipedia.org)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/age-discovery (ebsco.com)
- https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/25356016-the-age-of-discovery (goodreads.com)
- https://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/learning/learning-zone/coins-and-the-sea/sail/ (royalmintmuseum.org.uk)
- https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/age-of-sail (dictionary.cambridge.org)
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