1497

Between 1496, 1498

1497 is a year in the late fifteenth century, during the early Age of Exploration.

It marks John Cabot's voyage to North America and Vasco da Gama's departure for India.

Like other years, it functions as a noun or adjective: a 1497 map, events of 1497.

historical

year

Twelve-month duration

Columbus · exploration · Vasco da Gama · Cabot · medieval · Tudor · discovery · voyage · expedition · chronicle

numerical

number

Symbol representing quantity

digit · quantity · value · prime · odd · sequence · mathematics · numeral · thousand · calculation

Opposites
numerical roundness

14971500

One thousand five hundred

1000 · 2000 · 1400 · 1600 · 500

historical era

14972024

Current calendar year

2000 · the present · ancient times · 1997 · prehistory

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