Explorers and settlers hoped to find new trade routes, resources such as gold and silver, opportunities for colonization and expansion of their empires, as well as potential for religious conversion and spreading their culture.
Robert de La Salle hoped to find a trade route to China and Japan by exploring the Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico region in North America. He also aimed to establish French colonies and expand France's influence in the New World.
The three main reasons for European exploration of the New World were to find new trade routes to Asia, to spread Christianity to indigenous peoples, and to seek wealth and resources such as gold and silver.
Christopher Columbus is credited with using a lodestone, a naturally occurring magnetite, as a compass to find his way to the New World in 1492. The lodestone helped Columbus navigate by aligning itself with Earth's magnetic field, providing a rough sense of direction at sea.
The Spanish explorers expected to find wealth, such as gold and silver, as well as new trade routes and opportunities for expanding their empire. They were also looking for resources and land to conquer and convert indigenous populations to Christianity.
Find new routes to Asia ,claim land, and establish tradinf outpost
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He was searching for new areas to colonize.
GOLD!!!
his mission what to find out more about the New world ( the United States) hope this helps
Lewis and Clark hoped to find a water route across North America that would connect the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. They also aimed to explore and document the flora, fauna, and indigenous peoples of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory. Additionally, they were tasked with establishing trade relationships with Native American tribes and claiming the Pacific Northwest for the United States.
What did Europeans hope to gain from exploring the New World
New land
He was looking for a water route to Asia and not to discover a “new world.”
The French
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He wants to find new lands and new places. ... That is just what I know!
to find and own new land in the new world