Explorers used money to purchase the supplies they required in the town and city's before they left to explore. once they left the confines of the known world they had no use of money as the people that they were likely to encounter would place no value on it. they used things of interest to trade if it came to a trading situation.
they usually wanted some more money, wanted to get away from their lives at home or to prove something of themselves
Dutch explorers got money from asking for money from the King (or Queen). For example, Columbus didn't have enough money and asked the ruler of Italy. He did not approve so he went to the King and Queen of Spain, and they 'donated for his cause'. Dutch explorers paid for explorations in the same way. -74
they moved
Gold and land
They were Spanish explorers who were looking for a water route to Asia.
Enabled explorers to discover new lands and established routes for future explorations
In the late 1650s, Pierre Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers (from France) were the first European explorers to document their explorations of the area to be known as Minnesota.
A Northwest Passage to Asia
The French concentrated their explorations in North America (Canada/US).
yes, lots of explorers use ropes.
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Some of the new tools that European explorers used during their explorations included compasses for navigation, astrolabes for determining latitude, maps for charting their course, and improved ship designs like caravels for better handling and speed. They also utilized new weaponry like firearms for protection and establishing dominance in encounters with indigenous peoples.