Christopher Columbus also discovered America in 1492 - it was quite the year!
but no one in Europe knew about his discoveries until 1493
Christopher Columbus also discovered America in 1492 - it was quite the year!The 15th century itself set the modern world: French & English statehood, printing press, rise of Ottomans, Reconquista in Spain, the Caravel and European transoceanic trade & conquest (also the Ming fleet), Hussite Rebellion, Devotio Moderna, Aztec rise, Songhai rise (slave trade), matchlock trigger for firearms, double-entry bookkeeping & modern banking bills of exchange, industrial advances, esp. mills and furnaces, and, of course Da Vinci.
In 1482, Ensisheim sailed the sky, um, blue?