the goal was to gain wealth for themselves and their country and to convert natives to Christianity
It depends: Colombus was looking for spices from India but there was another group that's soul purpose was to find a land to breed horses.
to return home with as much gold as possible
They wanted to get to the Far East.
De Pineda's original goal was to explore and map the Gulf Coast region of North America for the Spanish Empire. He was specifically tasked with finding a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
to make money
He wanted all of Latin America to gain its independence from the rule of the Spanish.
opportunities to make money (apex)
He didn't achieve his goal instead he sail to north america
The English, French, Dutch, and Spanish all had about the same goal for sending explorers to the New World. They wanted new economic opportunities and wanted to find other trade routes then the ones they knew of.
To establish trading posts.
to make money
to make money
Pedro I
For the Latin American countries to have independence from Spain.