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Prince Henry (Henrique) the Navigator (1394-1460) was a Portuguese royal prince, soldier, and patron of explorers. Henry sent many sailing expeditions down Africa's west coast, but did not go on them himself.
It increased competition and tension among a number of European countries
There wasn't any exploration in the middle ages. When exploration started that is when the middle ages ended. __ Explorations did start in the Middle Ages. They were spurred by the desire to find better trade routes. Prince Henry the Navigator sent out some of the first explorers to start searching around the coast of Africa for routes to rich spices and clothes. Three reasons: Desire to find trade routes to by pass the dangerous Silk Road Plain curiosity
1789 was the start of modern history. :) Personnaly I would go back a lot further, to the Renaisance. All history is a continuum, but certainly there are some eras where things did take off rapidly. 1789 ignores the start of serious science in the West, and the age of western exploration.
to explore and start colonies
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Helped start European exploration and trade
Helped start European exploration and trade
to find a new settlement to start a new colony. George
No. It would have been Italy with Marco Polo.
Essecially America started by European exploration and the colonizing of the Americas by Columbus and England.
The Crusades and the start of exploration.
Helped start European exploration and trade
France
The Portuguese Empire was the longest colonial European empire, with its inception dating back to its capture of Cueta in North Africa in 1415 CE. With its European borders safe from attack, Portugal was free to expand and explore other regions. It became the first European nation to explore and establish colonies in west Africa.
The first major impact of the exploration of the New World was due to the early start Spain had in its exploration of the New World. Spanish conquistadors and explorers defeated Native American Tribes and with that came the shipping of gold back to Spain. This led to the submission of the Inca & Aztec Tribal empires.