No, they were principally after goods, spices being a very important part of those goods.
Europeans wanted to buy spices, gold and other goods.
They wanted to explore the world to get more knowledge about it, to get spices from Asia, and gold and silver.
a trade route to asia
to explore
Europeans wanted to find gold because is is an valuable item and because it will make their country wealthy. :)
Spain
Because they couldn't get them in Europe.
They bought and traded with Asia using the silver and gold mined in Mexico and peru.
Asia had lots of spices and other exotic goods like silk that they didn't have in Europe.
Too find a shorter root for the spice trade they had with Asia
Traders where looking for a faster easier way
because Europe did not have all the great goods that Asia had. Like spices and silver and gold. Europe was constantly fighting wars with itself and also with the turks. They needed money so they searched Asia for gold and silver as well.