Top 10 Harsh Realities of Life During the Age of Discovery

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Source/Further reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/20/sunken-1715-spanish-fleet-gold-coins
https://youtu.be/QGNw4DpyGG0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/africa_article_01.shtml
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/pilgrims
https://www.history.com/news/the-viking-explorer-who-beat-columbus-to-america
https://www.popsci.com/new-york-city-rats/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ferdinand-Magellan
https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-age-of-scurvy
https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/tobacco-the-early-history-of-a-new-world-crop.htm
https://seahistory.org/sea-history-for-kids/kids-as-crew/