In fact, the investigative spirit of ‘The Renaissance’, which is believed to have started in the fourteenth century, is credited to have laid the foundations for the Age of Discovery. The Age of Discovery significantly overlapped with The Renaissance, which was followed by ‘The Reformation’, leading to the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, which was, in turn, followed by what is treated as the zenith of European civilisation—‘The Age of Enlightenment/Reason’ and ‘The Industrial Revolution’.
