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{{Short description|Historical era when sailing ships dominated global trade and warfare}}

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The '''Age of Sail''' is a [[periodization|period]] that lasted at the latest from the mid-[[16th century|16th]] (or mid-[[15th century|15th]])<ref name="Gaynor 2013"/> to the mid-[[19th century|19th]] centuries, in which the dominance of [[sailing ship]]s in [[globalization|global trade and warfare]] culminated, particularly marked by the introduction of [[Naval artillery in the Age of Sail|naval artillery]], and ultimately reached its highest extent at the advent of the analogue [[Steam power during the Industrial Revolution|Age of Steam]]. Enabled by the advances of the related [[Maritime history#Age of Navigation|Age of Navigation]], it is identified as a distinctive element of the [[early modern period]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/history/the-age-of-sail |title=The Age of Sail |website=HMS Trincomalee |access-date=12 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316114603/http://www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk/history/the-age-of-sail |archive-date=2016-03-16 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> and the [[Age of Discovery]]. Especially in context of the latter, it refers to a more particular Eurocentric Age of Sail, while generally the Age of Sail is the culminating period of a long intercontinental [[Sailing#History|history of sailing]].<ref name="Gaynor 2013">{{cite journal | last=Gaynor | first=Jennifer L. | title=Ages of Sail, Ocean Basins, and Southeast Asia | journal=Journal of World History | publisher=Project Muse | volume=24 | issue=2 | year=2013 | issn=1527-8050 | doi=10.1353/jwh.2013.0059 | pages=309–333| s2cid=161330041 }}</ref>