The Age of Discovery was a time of exploration and developing new ideas, when Europeans first travelled across the seas to other lands.

In his warm and expressive style, Charles Kovac's tells stories of key historical figures, from the Crusades to the Renaissance, including Saladin, Joan of Arc, Columbus, Magellan, Queen Elizabeth and Francis Drake, and dras out the interrelation of world events.

The revised edition oc classic text is an engaging resource for teachers and home-schooling parents. This historical period is traditionally covered in Class7 (age 13-14) of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.