Lisbon
Portugal
Launching point of the Age of Exploration. From here, Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and other navigators set sail to map the world, initiating the age of global maritime empires.
The atlas connects 2 figures with Lisbon. The earliest born is Christopher Columbus (1451); the last to die is Ferdinand Magellan (1521).
By era
- The Renaissance (~1350-1600): 2 figures
Associated figures, by birth year
- Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), Navigator of the New World
- Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521), Pioneer of the First Circumnavigation
Cities that share figures with Lisbon
Other cities in the atlas tied to at least one of the same people, most shared first.
- Madrid (2 shared figures: Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan)
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