Brownworth cites Dias's rounding of the Cape of Good Hope just 35 years after Constantinople's fall as direct evidence that Ottoman closure of eastern trade routes drove European maritime exploration, inaugurating the Age of Exploration.
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Episode 16 (2 mentions)
Brownworth cites Dias's rounding of the Cape of Good Hope just 35 years after Constantinople's fall as direct evidence that Ottoman closure of eastern trade routes drove European maritime exploration, inaugurating the Age of Exploration.
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